Minaya taking a stand in The Contest

[HoustonGM]

The Mets have acquired outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. from the Angels, according to SI.com's Jon Heyman.

[Alloutwar]

this will put him ahead quite a bit.

Is Dayton Moore playing? I forget if it was just Sabean and Minaya

Wade makes bad moves, but I don't think he's competent enough to adhere to even those rules

[HoustonGM]

It was originally Moore and Minaya. Sabean decided to force his way in though.

[Alloutwar]

I think they should storyline in Wade as THINKING he's playing, but he's like the special friend.

Maybe someone could south park the 4 GMs in the contest, and Ed Wade could be TIMMAH

[HoustonGM]

Brian Stokes is being sent to LAA

[President]

Hahahahahahahahahhaahahahaha

[haveacigar]

On one hand, Minaya isn't paying anything at all for Matthews, so it's not a terrible deal in that regard. $2 mil is not a lot of money and Brian Stokes sucks.

On the other hand, Matthews Jr makes your team worse by the very virtue of being on the roster, unless he experiences a significant improvement in play.

[haveacigar]

this will put him ahead quite a bit.

Is Dayton Moore playing? I forget if it was just Sabean and Minaya

Wade makes bad moves, but I don't think he's competent enough to adhere to even those rules

Dude, how could Dayton Moore not be playing? He's had the lead all offseason.

[HoustonGM]

On one hand, Minaya isn't paying anything at all for Matthews, so it's not a terrible deal in that regard. $2 mil is not a lot of money and Brian Stokes sucks.

On the other hand, Matthews Jr makes your team worse by the very virtue of being on the roster, unless he experiences a significant improvement in play.

A quarter of that $4 mil ($2 mil per for 2 years)/Brian Stokes package could have been spent signing a player to a minor league contract thats at least as good as Matthews.

Of course, that wouldn't even be needed if the Mets were smart since they already have a suitable center fielder to fill in while Beltran's out that's a lot better than Gary Matthews in Angel Pagan.

[Alloutwar]

I forgot, Podsednik. That's right. For some reason I was thinking Sabean/Minaya, from the coasts. DM really is the leader in all things bad-move esque. Ramon Ramirez for 1 year of coco Crisp...Nunez for a now-released Mike Jacobs...and then there Yunesky, Podsednik, and the KC catcher signings.

Wow, they are way ahead. I dunno if Sabean's even playing. His moves - Huff, now Molina - have been almost good in comparison.

[KowboyKoop]

At least with Dayton Moore you can point to being really aggressive in the international market, which is what the Royals need to be doing.

Other than that...he sucks balls.

[metsguy234]

Sir Dr. Sen. Brain SOCKS! D.D.S.R.S.V.P has left the building.

Tragic.

[200tang]

I don't think this move is TERRIBLE, but it is really bad for the Mets and shows just how bad this management is. First of all, Mathews Jr. isn't better than Brian Stokes, so right off the bat this is a loss for the Mets. Second, even if we were to accept that Stokes wasn't better, I really don't think you had to give up any sort of real player to get him. Maybe a C prospect.

[haveacigar]

Well unfortunately, even we accept that the money doesn't matter (it's 2 mil so it doesn't), and Stokes is completely useless (arguable), the fact is that he is sub replacement. Unless he does something crazy (like get better), he's not going to help anybody.