So, two years and two September swoons, and what does the guy behind all of the moves get? A three year extension of course. It’s only standard procedure to reward your GM when the team has severely underachieved for the better part of a year and a half. As you can see, I do not support giving Omar Minaya this three year extension. I know Billy Wagner got hurt, and that hurt the chances of this team making the postseason significantly, but plenty of those 29 blown saves happened before Wagner went down. Minaya made no moves to improve the bullpen preseason, or at the deadline. Luis Ayala helped some, before teams realized that, well, he was Luis Ayala.

Depending on the arm of Duaner Sanchez was a huge mistake, as we all realized that Sanchez would not be the 2006 guy who looked so impressive before going down with that devastating shoulder injury. Depending on a bunch of specialists was a mistake, and although you can’t blame him for Aaron Heilman’s dismal year, he should have brought in a few bullpen arms. Granted Minaya has made some nice moves in his tenure as the Mets GM, he has also made some head scratchers. I know I’ll get bashed for this, but I’m starting to sour on the Milledge-Church deal as well. Trading Milledge when his value was at it’s lowest for a decent OF and a bad catcher was not a smart move. I know that Milledge was the quote un quote “Bad Boy” in the clubhouse, but all i care about is results, and Milledge sure turned it on in the 2nd half, and is looking like a real 20 homer 25 steal guy in his prime.