In the latest news (last week) from the Mets. They have come to agreements with Mike Jacobs and pitcher Hisanori Takahashi for minor league contracts. They would both make roughly a million bucks each if they are added to the Major League rosters.

I like this move. I personally have absolutely no love for Daniel Murphy. He is a shitty fielder. He is a lefty with minimal power and not much of an on-base prowess. I do not think he would even make the roster on most ball clubs. On the other hand. Mike Jacobs has proven himself in this league as someone who can knock the ball around.

Mike Jacobs started his career as a Met. He hit 11 homers in his first 100 major league at bats. Why in the world would the mets keep a guy like that. Why not trade him for an over-the-hill, injury prone Carlos Delgado. That is exactly what they did.

In his best year with the Marlins. Jacobs hit 32 homers with 93 RBI’s. He never hit for average but can sure knock the ball around. Lets hope this works out for him. I am rooting for Mike Jacobs.

The Mets made a move today trading bullpen suspect Brian Stokes to the Angels for one time decent player Gary Matthews Jr. Matthews has never been what one would call an overachiever. Always seemed to have decent skills but never put them to work. His biggest season coming with the Rangers in 2006 hitting 19 home runs and 79 RBI’s.

It is a good pick up for what the Mets need. They obviously don’t have any use for Stokes. Matthews can cover center field in the first month of the season when Carlos Beltran will still be rehabbing his bum leg. The best part of this deal is that it seems the Angels will cover a good portion of the money that is owed to Matthews.

On a side note. Matthews had his name mentioned in the Mitchell report. Word is that he was shipped HGH. He never admitted to ever using. Who knows and who cares if he is on the list of positive testers from that list in 2003. He never broke any records and he never will.

Today the Mets have announced a 1 year agreement with outfielder Jeff Francoeur for $5.5 Million dollars. I think this is a good decision. Francoeur has always been called out for his play while he was in Atlanta. It seemed he was an underachiever until he joined the Mets last year in a trade for outfielder Ryan Church. This was probably the best move the Mets made all season last year. For some reason coming to the big city he came out of his shell hitting .311 with 20 doubles, 10 homers and 41 RBI in 75 games making him a crown favorite. Hopefully he keeps up the good work.