Omar's An Overnight Success With Deal for Santana

Last night, I thought Omar Minaya was the biggest idiot GM in the history of Major League Baseball. Today I love him. Yesterday, the Mets were a little better than a .500 team. Today, they're the NL East Division favorite. Yesterday, fans of the team where wondering what exactly Omar's plan was with an off-season of relative inactivity. Today, we see his endgame.


In pulling off what has to be labeled as the biggest acquisition in New York Mets history, next to of course the signing of Tom Seaver and the trade for Mike Piazza, Omar has catapulted himself into the level of genius in overnight fashion.

And the fact that he didn't even give up the farm makes this deal all the more remarkable. While the Mets paid a high price in sending Carlos Gomez, Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey to the Twins, they stil managed to keep hold of Aaron Heilman, Mike Pelfrey, and star prospect Fernando Martinez, who we at MetsFanClub.com are dubbing "F-MART" before the media catches onto the term.

This deal makes up for the Scott Kazmir disaster, the "Collapse of 2007", and the 446 inexplicable at-bats from Shawn Green last year. The Mets now have the best pitcher in all of baseball in his prime. They are now the team to beat. Let the championships begin!