Throw me a freakin' Boone here! Mets add Boone and subtract Seo.

Today the Mets signed former all-star and gold glove second baseman Brett Boone to a minor league contract.


Former is the key word, Boone who was accused by Jose Canseco for using steroids is now a shell of his former self. The brother of Cleveland Indians third baseman Aaron "Bleepin" Boone has been on a steady decline ever since 2003, when he hit 35 home runs and drove in 117 runs. Boone was designated for assignment this year before getting traded to the Twins where he was ultimatley benched followed by a release. He hit merely seven home runs this year and averaged a strikeout per five at bats.

I doubt that Boone will have a great impact on the team, I see him walking a similar path that Andres Galarraga stumbled upon last year, and he will ultimatley retire as a Met.

In other news, the Mets traded RHP Jae Seo and LHP Tim Hamulack to the Dodgers for RHP Duaner Sanchez and RHP Steve Schmoll. Schmoll and Hamulack are relative washes talentwise, as both are unproven. Sanchez, on the other hand, could be placed in the 8th inning set up role should Aaron Heilman be traded or placed in the rotation. Sanchez in his second full year in the majors had a 3.73 era while pitching out of the bullpen. According to Metsblog.com Sanchez has some talent: "as for his skills, his fastball is consistently in the mid-90–mph range with a lot of movement, and he uses a nasty change-up and splitter to get batters out, though righties take it for a ball more times than not…his curve-ball is weak…he has a wild delivery, with an almost-over the type arm slot…at 26–years-old, he’s still learning how to pitch, and his control comes and goes…most nights he is on target, but he can get rattled and come un-hinged…" Sanchez now joins Juan Padilla in an elite group of pitchers who wear goggles on the Mets.

I like this move as I was not to confident entering the season that Seo could repeat his performance from 2005. Seo likely won't get much better and is a question whether or not he can continue his performance of 2005, meanwhile Sanchez is young, makes little money, and is under contract until 2009