According to New York Newsday, the Mets have contacted Gary Sheffield directly and he could sign with the club as soon as Friday night.

The Mets are reportedly his first choice, behind the Reds and Phillies. Sheffield, who's sitting on 499 career home runs, would give freshly opened Citi Field its first major milestone. He would probably platoon with Ryan Church in right field and could sneak additional at-bats if young left fielder Daniel Murphy struggles out of the gate. Sheffield, 40, was hitting .178/.387/.378 this spring before he was let go by the Tigers, and should only cost the Mets a one-year contract at the league minimum, $400,000. Detroit is stuck with the rest of his $14 million tab.

Source: Newsday

Fuck no.......Please God do not let this happen....FUCK FUCK FUCK

What is kingofalluglywhitefucks going to say?

So coupon Jew Fred can go after Sheffield but not Manny. Hahahahahahaha.

dumb fucking move, I don't want him on the team

Makes no fucking sense. He is exactly what we don't need.

He will be hurt by may anyway. What a fucking cancer

What is kingofalluglywhitefucks going to say?

So coupon Jew Fred can go after Sheffield but not Manny. Hahahahahahaha.


Look who is thinking of me again :hw:

Manny would have cost about $24,600,000 more. Sheffield is a $400,000 risk

One will hit .330 with 40 HR's and 120 Rbi's and putting you into the World Series. The other one will hit .217 with 3 hr's and 18 rbi's before being put on waivers in June.

a washed up steroid user. Nice signing

One will hit .330 with 40 HR's and 120 Rbi's and putting you into the World Series. The other one will hit .217 with 3 hr's and 18 rbi's before being put on waivers in June.

I don't disagree. Every team is better with manny on it. I always wanted him but what am I suppose to do?

a washed up steroid user. Nice signing


Nobody knows more about washed up steroid users then you and the Yankees

we get the steroid users in their prime like clemens, arod , giambi and sheffield when he was useful

CANCER CANCER CANCER!!!

Mets are fucked!!!





Let's be honest the Mets have unproven talent on the corner OF and this is a good signing for them. Church always gets hurt, Murphy is unproven, and Tatis could be a fluke.

CANCER CANCER CANCER!!!

Mets are fucked!!!





Let's be honest the Mets have unproven talent on the corner OF and this is a good signing for them. Church always gets hurt, Murphy is unproven, and Tatis could be a fluke.

yea thats why several Phillies players have contacted Sheffield to lobby him to sign with them.

Nobody knows more about washed up steroid users then you and the Yankees

Sheff was not washed up when he signed with the yanks and Giambi was coming off an MVP season when he signed in NY

Is Sheffield going to call Manuel racist when Sheff gets placed on Waivers in a couple of weeks?

yea thats why several Phillies players have contacted Sheffield to lobby him to sign with them.

I guess you didn't catch the joke. I wanted Sheffield all along. He must think he is easier to get roids with the Mets than the Phillies.

a washed up steroid user. Nice signing

we get the steroid users in their prime like clemens, arod , giambi and sheffield when he was useful

Yeah Sheffield arod and giambi got all the rings. Yankees did well with them in their prime:jj:

mets have not won a ring in 23 years.

plus the yankees won the division every year. How about the mets.

This is too good to be true!

I love another washed up player joining the Mets. Can't wait for him to fail during the Annual season collapse in Sept!

mets have not won a ring in 23 years.

plus the yankees won the division every year. How about the mets.

Deflect much?? :rofl:

This is too good to be true!

I love another washed up player joining the Mets. Can't wait for him to fail during the Annual season collapse in Sept!

Hypocrisy at it's finest. I don't believe you called him washed up when you thought he was going to Philly

SI.com's Jon Heyman says Sheffield agreed to sign with the Mets. An announcement is expected this afternoon.

This is too good to be true!

I love another washed up player joining the Mets. Can't wait for him to fail during the Annual season collapse in Sept!

you fucking dork...go jump on another bandwagon

Marlon Anderson apparently will be released after all. Sheffield figures to be used in right field against left-handers, with Fernando Tatis starting in left field against some lefties.

Marlon Anderson apparently will be released after all. Sheffield figures to be used in right field against left-handers, with Fernando Tatis starting in left field against some lefties.

I really hope I am wrong(it has happened before) but I dont like the signs of this.

I really hope I am wrong(it has happened before) but I dont like the signs of this.

Marlon should've been cut for Nick Evans anyway

Anderson sucks and Sheffield is alot better than him.

Sheffield knows this is his last shot and if he fucks up again all the Mets have to do is cut his ass. $400,000 is worth the risk. I wouldn't worry about his attitude it is his hitting. Tigers didn't cut him because of his attitude they cut him because he didn't hit anything the past 2 years.

Marlon should've been cut for Nick Evans anyway

I have no problems and am glad to see Marlon Anderson go. Sheffield just worries me, big time!

Anderson sucks and Sheffield is alot better than him.

Sheffield knows this is his last shot and if he fucks up again all the Mets have to do is cut his ass. $400,000 is worth the risk. I wouldn't worry about his attitude it is his hitting. Tigers didn't cut him because of his attitude they cut him because he didn't hit anything the past 2 years.

Tough to disagree. I just find it hard to believe he is going to flip a switch and start hitting again.

Please baby Jesus let him blow out his knee in the first week......

I have no problems and am glad to see Marlon Anderson go. Sheffield just worries me, big time!

me too...but there's really no risk..if we cut him in May he'll be long forgotten by October

I dont know if I would go that far. Lets at least give him a chance to prove us wrong.

The mets signing Sheff for the leafue minimum is a brilliant move. There is really no extreme cost to them. If he hits his ass of they look like geniuses and if he sucks they release him and Detroit is still paying the larger part of the tab. This is coming from a lifelong yankees fan by the way. :)

The mets signing Sheff for the leafue minimum is a brilliant move. There is really no extreme cost to them. If he hits his ass of they look like geniuses and if he sucks they release him and Detroit is still paying the larger part of the tab. This is coming from a lifelong yankees fan by the way. :)

I hope you are right. What scares me is his me first attitude and the fact he is a HOF'er who has been on what seems like 10 teams.

I hope you are right. What scares me is his me first attitude and the fact he is a HOF'er who has been on what seems like 10 teams.


He knows he is trying to get himself into the hall of fame right now. I do not think right now he is a hall of famer and he wants to get to the magic number of 500 and beyond. Bottom line is when he shuts up and plays the guy can play. So hopefully no attitude and minaya looks like a genius again. He is not the biggest problem for the mets anyways Beltran in that outfield needs to get back into that form when he got the deal again.

I guess I am wrong. I just hope I am wrong come September.

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Metsblog.com

Earlier today, Omar Minaya addressed the media and announced he and his team reached an agreement with free-agent OF Gary Sheffield.

Minaya said Sheffield still must take a physical, and is expected to be with the team tomorrow.

Later, Carlos Beltran told reporters, “I think it helps, because he knows what to expect, he’s going to come here and do his thing and he knows how things work here in New York.”

Speaking with WFAN’s Mike Francesa, Minaya said Gary Sheffield has not been guaranteed any playing time, and he will need to ‘work his way in to being more than a part-time player.’

Minaya repeatedly used the word ‘work,’ when referencing Sheffield’s role, saying the player needs to work to return to being as productive as he once was, saying he’ll need to work to get in the lineup, and adding Jerry Manuel will need to work him in to a role.

“Jerry was very clear, to Gary, what role he is coming in to do,” Minaya explained, while speaking to reporters.

Manuel added, “I think the first thing we’ll do, as a staff, is make sure and get him in shape to play an outfield position, so for the first few days I think we’ll spend a lot of time on extra work, preparing him to, like I said, work him back to playing an outfield position.”

Minaya labeled the signing ‘low risk, high reward,’ when speaking with Francesa, because he is only obligated to pay him $400,000.

Minaya also explained to WFAN that he checked with players and coaches on his team who have played with Sheffield, who said, ‘across the board,’ ‘this guy is a very good teammate.

Jerry Manuel talked with Jimmy Leyland, who managed Sheffield in Florida, where Manuel was a coach, and Leyland was positive in his review in an in step with what Minaya encountered when speaking with other ‘front-office guys,’ he explained on air.

I guess I am wrong. I just hope I am wrong come September.

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Metsblog.com

Earlier today, Omar Minaya addressed the media and announced he and his team reached an agreement with free-agent OF Gary Sheffield.

Minaya said Sheffield still must take a physical, and is expected to be with the team tomorrow.

Later, Carlos Beltran told reporters, “I think it helps, because he knows what to expect, he’s going to come here and do his thing and he knows how things work here in New York.”

Speaking with WFAN’s Mike Francesa, Minaya said Gary Sheffield has not been guaranteed any playing time, and he will need to ‘work his way in to being more than a part-time player.’

Minaya repeatedly used the word ‘work,’ when referencing Sheffield’s role, saying the player needs to work to return to being as productive as he once was, saying he’ll need to work to get in the lineup, and adding Jerry Manuel will need to work him in to a role.

“Jerry was very clear, to Gary, what role he is coming in to do,” Minaya explained, while speaking to reporters.

Manuel added, “I think the first thing we’ll do, as a staff, is make sure and get him in shape to play an outfield position, so for the first few days I think we’ll spend a lot of time on extra work, preparing him to, like I said, work him back to playing an outfield position.”

Minaya labeled the signing ‘low risk, high reward,’ when speaking with Francesa, because he is only obligated to pay him $400,000.

Minaya also explained to WFAN that he checked with players and coaches on his team who have played with Sheffield, who said, ‘across the board,’ ‘this guy is a very good teammate.

Jerry Manuel talked with Jimmy Leyland, who managed Sheffield in Florida, where Manuel was a coach, and Leyland was positive in his review in an in step with what Minaya encountered when speaking with other ‘front-office guys,’ he explained on air.



I know for a fact the mets didn't make a call. Omar laughed and walked away when one of the writers mentioned Sheffield.
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You and Omar must be pretty tight! Douchebag! Same old douchebag!

Sheffield is not getting into the HOF. If the HOF is going to blacklist Big Mac and Palmeiro. There is no chance in hell that Sheffield is going to get in.

Let him hit his 500th HR then release him and he can rejoin the Yankees for 220 Mill

Hypocrisy at it's finest. I don't believe you called him washed up when you thought he was going to Philly


I don't believe I mentioned him at all when it was thought he was coming to Philly.

Whatever the case is , looks like he is your problem now!

I don't think it is the worst 400,000 investment. However, Shef is a cancer in the clubhouse, and seems to cause a lot of problems.

so king is ok with having a known steroid user, as long as its on his team

so king is ok with having a known steroid user, as long as its on his team

I guess reading is not your fortay. I want nothing to do with Sheff. The move boggles my mind.

Why do you just let me school you in a subject then just deflect?

Figures, Mets pick up a roid head, what a cheating punch of pricks

That's all ya got nugey? I expected something more original from ya!

For $400,000 it's a low risk signing. If he doesn't hit who cares? Cut him and bring up one of your kids from AAA. It's the freaking Tigers who are on the hook for the 13.6 million after all.

so glad he didn't end up in philly... good luck with this douche mets fans

It would have been a great move 10 years ago.



Now, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..................


Murphy looks to lose some major AB's here now.

Can Church play a decent leftfield??????????

While I'm not a fan of Sheffield at all, it's a low risk signing. Only place he can go is up. He'll be a bench player and can step in if someone gets hurt. Much rather have Sheffield on the bench than Marlon Anderson. I think the locker room cancer thing is overrated. He knows his role.

While I'm not a fan of Sheffield at all, it's a low risk signing. Only place he can go is up. He'll be a bench player and can step in if someone gets hurt. Much rather have Sheffield on the bench than Marlon Anderson. I think the locker room cancer thing is overrated. He knows his role.


He willl be to the Mets what Danny Tartabull was to the Phillies.

In baseball terms, $400,000 is a cheap investment. I just dont understand him going to an NL team. Hes a DH at best. Was Marlon Anderson that bad for the Mets? When he was with the Dodgers, I kinda liked him.

awful. awful. awful.

Did Ryan Church fuck Omar's wife?.. they hate the guy and almost killed him last year. And he's a good player who now gets to sit the bench.

EDIT: I'm looking over the thread and people are saying Shef will be a bench player... that will ruin your team. I'm no Mets basher, but this move is terrible. How could they go after Sheffield this hard yet not even take a look at Manny, regardless of the money issue. Manny was just what they needed, Shef is just what they DON'T need.

How could they go after Sheffield this hard yet not even take a look at Manny, regardless of the money issue. Manny was just what they needed, Shef is just what they DON'T need.Manny cost about $24 mil more than Sheffield.

Manny cost about $24 mil more than Sheffield.

I understand that, but you have to get where I'm coming from a little bit

Not really. I wouldn't say they 'went hard' after Sheffield. He was available, they made him a low risk offer to be a bench player and he took it. Manny, while a much better hitter, was a whole different can of worms. Would have been a ton of money and they would have to make room for him to start. If Manny didn't work out, they couldn't just cut him. They would be in way too deep. If Sheffield doesn't work out they can give him the boot and it will cost them very little. It's not really the same situation at all.

Nick Evans was 72 hours away from making it onto the Opening Day roster -- and then the Mets signed Gary Sheffield on Friday. Evans had been a virtual lock for Cincinnati as a spaceholder for Livan Hernandez, who isn't needed until Saturday in Miami, but Sheffield ultimately bounced him from those five precious days of major-league service time.

Evans batted .263 (21-for-80) and was second only to Omir Santos with three home runs in 32 spring-training games. He also was fourth on the Mets with 12 RBI.

In other moves, the Mets placed Billy Wagner, Angel Pagan and Tim Redding on the 15-day disabled list.

awful. awful. awful.

Did Ryan Church fuck Omar's wife?.. they hate the guy and almost killed him last year. And he's a good player who now gets to sit the bench.

EDIT: I'm looking over the thread and people are saying Shef will be a bench player... that will ruin your team. I'm no Mets basher, but this move is terrible. How could they go after Sheffield this hard yet not even take a look at Manny, regardless of the money issue. Manny was just what they needed, Shef is just what they DON'T need.

I think the 43 million dollar difference may have had a tad to do with that.:rolleyes: