Jason Bay To The Mets. I Wish I Gave a Shit

Free-agent outfielder Jason Bay has reached agreement on a four-year, guaranteed $66 million contract with the New York Mets, a baseball source confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday. The agreement will become official once Bay passes a physical exam sometime next week, the source said. The deal includes a vesting option year that could increase Bay's overall payout to slightly more than $80 million over five years. WFAN was the first to report the agreement had been reached. Bay, a three-time All-Star, hit .267 with 36 home runs and 119 RBIs for the Boston Red Sox in 2009. Bay and outfielder Matt Holliday were the most hotly pursued position players on the free-agent market this winter

Did anybody really want Jason Bay? He passed on offers from the big boys like Boston and Anaheim and even Seattle only to get stuck with the sad, sad, sad, sad, sad, sad, sad, Mets. There's an explicit way to play your cards and Bay got fucked by the dealer this off-season. I guess I don't really know how else to explain this. It's like a party you could have about 3 different girls who's combined attributes are a 7. Not bad. But there's a chance you can bang the prom queen. A perfect 10. You just gotta wait around a bit. Well, the prom queen decided she's too good for that party, skips it, meanwhile the 7's bailed out for greener pastures and it's 12:30 and all you got in front of you is the nasty softball player from high school who would've blown you even if you lent her a pen. So in conclusion, Bay got what he wanted but the satisfaction in the long run is no where to be seen.