Now that I'm finally over the loss of the Rays in the Fall Classic, I figure it's time to start on my promise to blog about each and every team before the start of Spring Training (and trust me, I'll hit several more than once.) I figure there is no better place to start than with the Metropolitans of New York. Let's take a look at two of their recent moves:
According to this article from the AP via ESPN, the Mets have signed Fernando Tatis to a one year deal worth 1.7 million bucks. Tatis, who seemed to recapture some of the form from earlier in his career, was a solid fill in for the Mets this year when both Alou and Church went down with inuries. Tatis had a somewhat solid start to his carrer with St Louis and Texas, but when the century turned he took a spill downhill and missed the majors completely in 2004, 2005, and 2007. This year, he hit .297 with 11 homers and 47 RBI in just 92 games - now thats a pretty good year. He played fine defensively at 4 different positions (although mostly in the outfield) and had some pretty clutch hits. To me - this a great signing by Minaya.
Now if you head over to this guys post, you'll read that the Mets picked up Carlos Delgado's $12 million option. It was entirely reasonable to think it possible for Delgado to have been released earlier this year, but he had one of the biggest turn arounds you'll ever see. He finished with what I consider to be an MVP caliber season during which he for a .271 average with 38 homers and 115 RBI. With the buyout on his option being $4 million, they essentially got him for $8 millon. Really - this was a no brainer.
Who knows - maybe Minaya isn't as bad as I thought.
Now I've got the Mets done - 29 more teams to go.
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