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Projecting the 2015 Mets
Another long-term forecasting idea: project the 2015 standings -- players under contract, prospects and expected extra payroll wins.
— Sky Kalkman (@Sky_Kalkman) February 26, 2012
Sky Kalkman has an interesting idea: "project the 2015 standings -- players under contract, prospects and expected extra payroll wins." Let's do this for the Mets only. Here's a link to the Mets payroll obligations through 2015 (via Cot's). Let's assume that the team has a payroll of $115MM and 1 WAR is worth $4.5MM. How many wins?
