How Bad Off Are The Mets?

This bad:

Meanwhile, belt-tightening has contributed to layoffs. The team acknowledged a 10 percent reduction in baseball operations staff late last year. The Mets’ Pacific Rim scout is among those out of work. One minor league team has been abolished. Even a 61-year-old employee with cerebral palsy who worked at the team’s Port St. Lucie, Fla., minor league complex and who earned only $3,000 last year was axed, according to organization sources. A Mets official insisted the dismissal was merely part of the sound business practice any operation would undertake in streamlining expenses — not an indication of financial distress. The person argued that citing that layoff is unfairly designed to fit a narrative about the Mets’ financial woes. As for the elimination of the Mets’ Gulf Coast League minor league team, the organization noted that it still has more affiliates than most major league clubs.