The best story of the winter was the plane landing on the Hudson. But what could turn out to be the worst story of the winter for the Mets is the failure to land Hudson.
The Dodgers signed Orlando Hudson for only about $3.5 million, plus incentives that could bring the deal up to around $8 million.
The Mets signed Freddy Garcia for $1.5 million if he makes the 40-man roster, plus incentives that could bring the deal up to $8 million.
The Mets signed Alex Cora for $2 million.
Maybe Garcia will turn out to be a great signing and Cora will be able to fill in if and when Luis Castillo comes out of the lineup. But as of now, for similar financial risk, I think the Mets would be better off with Hudson than with Garcia and Cora.
ESPN’s Keith Law attacks the Mets for letting Hudson get away:
The big question here is where the Mets were in all of this. They have an expensive sieve — no, black hole — at second base in Luis Castillo, and Hudson would be an easy upgrade of almost two wins.
Based on the last two years, two wins could be the different between making the playoffs and staying home.
Then again, if instead of replacing Luis Castillo in the lineup, he gets moved up to leadoff, the Mets this year might get eliminated before the final day of the season.
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