Say you’re Omar Minaya, and you can put aside your blatant racism toward whites for just a few moments.  You’ve got some money to spend this offseason, and it’s clear that your team could use a starting pitcher to help bolster the rotation with Johan.  Do you go after John Lackey, a guy who can dominate the much stronger American League and is, by all accounts, a horse, or do you go after a guy whose very name conjures up images of elbow surgery and bulging discs?  Well, this is the Mets we’re talking about:

Ben Sheets hasn’t pitched in the majors in more than a year, but that will not keep the Mets from keeping an eye on the former All-Star right-hander this winter.

The oft-injured Sheets, who last pitched with the Brewers in 2008, has been sidelined since February because of surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his forearm, but he expects to be healthy by spring training.

I guess dishing out millions to Oliver Perez wasn’t enough for the Mets.  This blows my mind.  Of course Sheets has tons of talent and can dominate when healthy, but the Mets had been dealing with injuries – especially to their starting rotation – all season long.  Methinks they need a dude who can stay healthy, and now they’re passing on a stud to pursue a guy who had missed time missed to vertigo.  Fucking vertigo.

If the Mets sign Sheets, he won’t make more than 20 starts in a season for them.  Ever.  Sheets “expects” to be ready by spring training, but something tells me he’s going to have a setback when his elbow spontaneously combusts just minutes after signing with the Mets.

[NY Post]