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

Should this be Jason Bay’s home run song?

Er…maybe not.

The Jason Bay nickname thread

If you read this blog, you know I’m big on nicknames.  It’s fun (and hopefully funny) to come up with somewhat humorous nicknames that correspond with players.

As the Mets have recently signed Jason Bay, it’s time to give him a nickname duri ng his likely five-year stint in New York.

So, fine readers, what should be Bay’s nickname?  Hit the comments to discuss.

WFAN: Mets, Jason Bay agree [Updated]

Update – 3:12 p.m.: ESPN’s Jerry Crasnik believes with the fifth-year vesting option, the deal could be worth just north of $80 million.

Update – 3:05 p.m.: Joel Sherman has contract details.  Four-years, $66 million.  “Easy vest” for fifth year, meaning a vesting option which Bay will likely achieve.  Think of it as a five-year deal.

Update – 3:03 p.m.: Jon Heyman confirms the agreement.

Jason Bay has agreed to a deal with the New York Mets, according to WFAN.  Bay still has to pass a physical.

The terms of the contract were not readily available.  The Mets do have a four-year, $65 million contract offer extended to Bay.

The deal will be announced next week, according to WFAN.

Not that I think they’ll find anything to cancel the contract, but don’t think this is a done deal.  There may be an issue with Bay’s knees and they could alter the contact after the physical.

In short: They’ve agreed in principle, but it’s not done yet.

Ahem, I’m not alone.

Link: A new meaning for Flushing Bay

Can’t you just envision the marketing opportunity for this?

I can’t wait for the cheesy commercials…

“Come to Flushing Bay, it’s Jason Bay-approved!”

Happy Holidays

As you probably realize, I'm taking a few days vacation away from the blog. Between the holidays, the loss of my grandfather and decompressing after a hectic first half of senior year, I need a few days to myself to relax and reflect.

I wish you all a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. I'll pop in if anything important happens, but consider this blog on vacation for the next week or so. I'll be back in the new year with the 2010 Met of the Year award voting. Talk to you in a few days.

Report: Mets sign Kelvim Escobar [Update]

Update – 12 a.m.: Brian Costa tweets that it is a one-year, major-league deal.

Or as Google Translator says: Kelvim Escobar got his Christmas present: just come to an agreement with New York Mets. In brief details of the firm.

A good low-risk, possibly-high-reward signing for the Mets.

New York Mets songs [Video / Audio]

I won’t be around much today. If you follow my Twitter, you likely know why.

So here, on this cold December day, are as many New York Mets-related songs I could find on YouTube. Which is your favorite?

Some of these are just gold.

This is how Mets fans feel right now [Audio]

It’s been 10 days since offers were extended to Jason Bay and Bengie Molina.  In the interim, the Mets signed Ryota Igarashi for next year’s set-up man.

But still, as noted in my letter to Jason Bay, the waiting is the hardest part.

I’m pretty sure this song sums up many Mets fans feeling right now.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – The Waiting

I’m off to pick up some Christmas presents.  I’ll be back if anything breaks.