Our buddy Matt Cerrone on MetsBlog reports that the Mets have officially announced the signing of Moises Alou.

Alou will appear live with Mets GM Omar Minaya, Ron Darling and Matt Yalloff on tonight’s episode of Mets Hot Stove on SNY at 6:30 pm and will repeat again at 9:30 pm.

The deal is a one-year, $7.5 million contract with a club option for 2008.

Alou, 40, hit .301 (104-345) with 52 runs scored, 25 doubles, one
triple, 22 home runs and 74 RBI in 98 games for the San Francisco
Giants last season.

“Moises Alou is one of the game's top hitters,” Omar Minaya said about the veteran slugger “He'll add a valuable righthanded bat to our
line-up.”

Here's a rundown on Alou's accolades from Mets.com…

Alou is a six-time All-Star (1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005)
and two-time Silver Slugger recipient (1994, 1998). He has constructed
a .301 (2,005-6,660) batting average with 400 doubles, 38 triples, 319
home runs, 1,229 RBI, with 102 stolen bases in 1,840 major league games
with Pittsburgh, Montreal, Florida, Houston, the Chicago Cubs and
Giants.

Moises has a .368 lifetime on-base percentage and a .516
slugging percentage. In addition, he has compiled a .308 (593-1,923)
career batting average with runners in scoring position. He is one of
19 major leaguers to hit .300 or better with 350 doubles, 300 home runs
and 1,110 RBI (14 of the others are in Baseball's Hall of Fame).

He finished third in the NL MVP voting on two occasions (1994 and
1998). Moises batted .339 (143-422) with 31 doubles, five triples, 22
home runs and 78 RBI in 107 games with the Expos in 1994 and hit .312
(182-584) with 34 doubles, five triples, 38 home runs and 124 RBI in
1998 with Houston.