SNY: Bay passed physical, to be announced tomorrow

Jason Bay is now officially a New York Met.  Four years, $66 million – with a fifth-year vesting option.

Your thoughts?

Bay to take physical today

Jason Bay and the Mets have one obstacle between getting ink onto the dotted line: His physical.

Today, Bay will be checked out by Mets doctors and medical staff to see if he’s healthy and if the Mets still want to pay him $66 million over four years.

As I alluded to, and has been mentioned a few times since, this is no slam dunk.  Bay hasn’t really missed a lot of time due to injuries (at least 145 games each year since ‘05), but he’s on the wrong side of 30 and has shown some wear and tear over the years.

His knees and possibly his arm/shoulder could be points of contention.

In the end, I think Bay will pass the physical.  If the Mets do happen to find anything, the contract might be adjusted slightly, but not by much.

The press conference announcing the signing and showing him off for the media and fans, if all goes according to plan, will be tomorrow.

2009 Met of the Year: Elite 8 & Orange Bracket voting

Here is the updated bracket for the 2009 Met of the Year (click to see bigger)…And below is today’s vote… (Results will now be hidden to the voters and revealed the next day)

1. David Wright vs 3. Jeff Francoeur

The poll closes at 10 a.m. on 1/5/10.

Link: Mets used ‘shady firms’ to build Citi Field

NY Post: Met ‘mob’ contracts

The Mets shelled out $51.6 million in taxpayer money to contractors shunned by the city for their ties to the Mafia, labor corruption or bribery, The Post has learned.

Well then.

2009 MotY: Blue Bracket voting

2. Luis Castillo vs. 7. Brian Stokes

and

4. Francisco Rodriguez vs. 6. Angel Pagan

Voting ends at 10 a.m. on 1/4/10.

Visit Mets_Pics and submit your own photos

A few days ago, I started a Mets photos Tumblr blog.  There I’ll be posting some of my photos that I’ve snapped from Citi Field and Shea Stadium over the years.

But the cool part about Tumblr is that is has a “Submission” feature.

I encourage everyone to submit their own Mets photos that they’ve snapped over the years.  (If you do submit a picture, let us know when it was taken and by whom!)

So head over to Mets_Pics to see some of mine and other Mets fans photos from our favorite team.

2009 MotY: Black Bracket voting

1. Johan Santana vs. 8. Fernando Tatis
and
3. Daniel Murphy vs. 5. Alex Cora

Voting ends at 10 a.m. on 1/3/09.

2009 MotY: White Bracket voting

*This bracket is closed.
Click here to vote in today's open bracket.*

2. Pedro Feliciano vs. 7. Mike Pelfrey
and
4. Omir Santos vs. 6. Carlos Beltran

2009 MotY: Orange Bracket

*Poll closed*

1. David Wright vs. 8. Jeremy Reed
and
3. Jeff Francoeur vs. 5. Bobby Parnell

Announcing the ‘2009 Met of the Year’ award

As another year comes to a close, it’s time to look back and “celebrate” this last season of Mets-dom. Though it fell far under expectations, there were (very) few bright spots along the way.

Now it’s up to you, the fans, to celebrate those bright spots.

Here is your chance to vote for your 2009 Met of the Year! As you can see, the 16-player field is broken down into four brackets in two divisions. Voting will go as follows…

• Orange Bracket: 10 a.m. 12/31 – 10 a.m. 1/1
• White Bracket: 10 a.m. 1/1 – 10 a.m. 1/2
• Black Bracket: 10 a.m. 1/2 – 10 a.m. 1/3
• Blue Bracket: 10 a.m. 1/3 – 10 a.m. 1/4

• Seaver Division, Field of 8: 10 a.m. 1/4 – 10 a.m. 1/5
• Piazza Division, Field of 8: 10 a.m. 1/5 – 10 a.m. 1/6

• Seaver Division, Final 4: 10 a.m. 1/6 – 10 a.m. 1/7
• Piazza Division, Final 4: 10 a.m. 1/7 – 10 a.m. 1/8

• Championship: 10 a.m. 1/8 – 10 a.m. 1/10

• Winner announced: 10 a.m. 1/11/10

Your vote can be cast for whichever player you want to win more. Be it statistics at the plate, prowess in the field, he signed an autograph for you once, you think he “plays the game right,” you think he’s cute, etc. etc.

Check back tomorrow for the first round of voting for the 2009 MotY award, coming from the Orange Bracket…

1. David Wright vs. 8. Jeremy Reed
and
3. Jeff Francoeur vs. 5. Bobby Parnell