He already said that.

batmagadanleadoff · February 27, 2015

Rob Manfred: �I�m Confident The Mets� Finances Are In Acceptable Condition�
February 27, 2015 2:10 PM

Rob Manfred (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) � Are you hoping that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred will demand that the Wilpons start spending more money on players?

Well, don�t get your hopes up.

�I�m confident the Mets� finances are in acceptable condition, and that they have available to them the resources to field a very competitive club,� Manfred said on Thursday, according to Newsday.

According to Baseball-Reference.com, New York�s payroll is an estimated $98.2 million. That ranks 20th in the major leagues.

Manfred, who served as the chief operating officer of MLB before assuming office in January, replaced Bud Selig. It�s well-documented that Selig has a close relationship with Mets CEO Fred Wilpon.

Selig made similar comments regarding the Mets� finances before he retired.

In what many considered an odd and suspicious move, Manfred named the elder Wilpon the chairman of MLB�s finance committee last month.

�I think it�s important to understand the role of the finance committee,� Manfred said, according to the newspaper. �It reviews very senior-level compensation and internal financial matters.

�Fred is a long-experienced businessman very capable of handling those matters, and this committee has nothing to do with any investment made by or on behalf of baseball. So I don�t see the issues.�

When Newsday reached out to the Mets for a comment regarding Manfred�s statements, a spokesman simply responded, �We�re excited about the upcoming season.�

General manager Sandy Alderson kept a low profile this offseason and was very conservative in his spending. He only signed two players � Michael Cuddyer for $21 million and John Mayberry, Jr. for $1.45 million � to major league deals.

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