Sandy Alderson
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"Richard Lynn "Sandy" Alderson" is the General manager (baseball)/general manager of the New York Mets. He previously served as an executive with the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres and the Baseball commissioner/commissioner's office of Major League Baseball.

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I don't think I'll be sitting with Walt this week.

I don't see the payroll going up substantially.

Absolutely, that's been a priority. That's been a purpose from the start.

It's been a terrific transition, ... I just jumped right back into it.

We probably played as poorly as we could in the division series and that was disappointing, ... great.

Realistically, I think Hernandez may be looking for more than we're prepared to pay.

Have input in the decision, but it's certainly not their decision. I'm sure it will be something that is by mutual agreement and I'm sure it will be something that will be similar if not identical to what we have.

It's a world-class city with a beautiful downtown ballpark that's done this kind of thing before, ... There's plenty of hotel space. All that was the reason why we got the World Baseball Classic. It had little to do with me.

Just as we know what Trevor (Hoffman) means to the team and the fans here, I think we understand what Jerry means to the community as well, ... This kind of event just reinforces that.