New York Mets, Facing Losses in 2011, Cut Front-Office Staff

The New York Mets, who may lose as much as $70 million this year, pared their front-office staff, the Major League Baseball team said.

“Several weeks ago, we made work-force reductions in both baseball and business-operations departments, which amounted to less than 10 percent of our full-time staff,” the team said last night in an e-mail. The cuts represent about 15 people from the Mets’ 180-member front office, the New York Times said.