Finally, some good news for us suffering Mets fans ... hopefully this is just the beginning! Bring us an arm Omar!

http://www.metsblog.com/2009/12/29/news-mets-will-sign-jason-bay-per-wfan/

Calling it now, Bay will be a bust in NY.

Sorry BAB, I know your a die hard Mets fan, but Bay doesn't fit that Ballpark very well.

Nooooo JBay! I liked him in a Sox uniform a lot

I like Bay, but agreed, not a good ballpark for him.

While CitiField is huge, the ball actually carries really well there in the summer. The numbers are a bit scewed when Delgado, Beltran, Reyes, etc were out most of the season. Visting teams had no problems going yard!

That being said ... I like the signing. Do I love it? No, I would prefer Matt Holliday. But the Mets needed a power bat in left field, and suddenly have a pretty solid offensive outfield in Beltran, Bay and Francouer (who was fantastic as a Met and became an instant fan favorite ... but can he keep it up).

The Mets need an arm bad. While Ben Sheets is brittle, I think he is worth the risk of an incentive-heavy contract.

I agree with Ben Sheets.

I was hoping the Yankees would make an incentive-laden deal to him, but not too upset with Vasquez coming in, I think they gave up on him way too quickly.

Needs some other people around him to be healthy in that lineup to thrive in NY....

$16.5M? Holy crap, congrats to him for getting overpaid.

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this is what I was thinking... I would have stopped somewhere around $10.5