Unlike last year, when the Mets had to figure out what to do with Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo, spring training doesn't offer much drama.

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The Mets released two of their most expensive busts recently, second baseman Luis Castillo and pitcher Ollie Perez.

FORBES: New York Mets Sale Book Projecting Big Revenue Increases For Baseball Team

The positive is that big salaries like Oliver Perez, Carlos Beltran and Luis Castillo come off the books.

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President Florentino Perez smashed previous highest marks to bring Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane to the Bernabeu in his first stint in charge, then made AC Milan's Brazilian superstar Kaka his first 'Galactico' capture of his second reign at the start of this month.

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The Tigers agreed to terms on one-year contracts with RHP Luis Marte, LHP Casey Crosby, INFs Dixon Machado, Hernan Perez and Danny Worth, and OFs Quintin Berry and Avisail Garcia.

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In what became known as the "Galacticos era", Perez signed a number of multi-million dollar superstars that included Luis Figo, David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane.

CNN: Platini hits out at Ronaldo Real Madrid deal

"What the world considers to be an exorbitant cost, he (Perez) considers as the only way for Real Madrid to survive, " Luis Nieto, deputy editor of Spain's AS Sports Newspaper, told CNN.

CNN: Platini hits out at Ronaldo Real Madrid deal