If what Gammons says is true – and there’s no reason to think that it isn’t – then this is just mind-blowing.  Why did Jason Bay end up on the Mets?  Why did the Red Sox not sign him?

They wanted him, but they were scared to death of his knees. I never got the impression from either side, from his agents or his club, that the shoulder was that big of a deal. But they were really afraid of both knees and that’s why they dropped the offer from four years to two years.

Somebody said to me, “Gee, there was only one team that went after him the Mets.” I said, “Yeah, you don’t think that the Angels have requested MRIs? You don’t think the Mariners have requested? They weren’t in on him either.”

It is pretty incredible how poorly the Mets are run.  Before signing a guy to a four-year, $66 million deal, you’d think you’d want to have him examined.  It’s a big investment, so you should be absolutely sure you’re getting what you’re paying for.  But this is the Mets, the worst-run organization in baseball.  Apparently they didn’t feel the need to mess around with witch doctor junk science like MRIs before signing him.

So it’s pretty obvious how all this is going to pan out.  At least three teams were scared off because of Bay’s knees, and the Mets remained oblivious the entire time.  What’s the over/under on Bay’s days on the DL during his four years?  100?  200?  Nothing would surprise me.

At this point, I have to believe that the Mets are being run by a family of pigeons.  There’s no other explanation for this level of incompetence.

[WEEI]