Bay Watch

I'm sitting here in Washington, DC, waiting for the storm that is supposed to “sock us in” and all I can think about is Bay Watch. I'm not thinking about the TV show on the beach though, I'm thinking of Jason Bay and his (hopefully) probable destination in Queens. For the Mets, being patient is actually working (rather when we used to just rush out and throw a ton of money at a free agent to land him quickly). Somehow we have waited out the major competition and we seem to be the team left with money to actually land a corner outfield (whether it be Bay or Holliday) and that is because now we control the market.

So after much waiting, and thankfully so far no overreacting to Boston and Philly making moves earlier this week, the Mets seem to be in a comfortable position where it looks like they will land either Bay or (less likely) Holliday. This is the power the Mets seem to need in their lineup and could be an energizing piece for next season.

Now we just continue to wait to see when we will sign one of these players.

And to see how much we will have to pay.

And to see how long we will have to pay them.

I'm pretty excited.

(I have several updates at Fan Huddle on the Mets page, just google Fan Huddle New York Mets, I'll link those posts here later)