There is no question, Jason Bay is the worst free-agent signing in Mets history. I was looking at George Fosters numbers last night, and quite honestly, if Bay put them up, we would hold a parade.
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Bay is a decoy. The are more holes in this team than 100 pounds of Swiss cheese, but idiots like myself are only focusing on Bay. Hes an easy target. While Im ranting about him, Im forgetting we have no depth in the rotation, that our catchers stink and that our bullpen is 100% worse without Frank Francisco.
via Mets vs. D-back, Game 103: Why Jason Bay has to keep playing | New York Daily News.
Hmm…Foster’s 1982 .247 13 and 70 might not warrant a parade (back in the 80’s we only used those three stats the way nature intended. Go stuff your OPS crap, it’s just adding two numbers together to look cool.)
But 1983’s .241 28 and 90 sure would, not to mention .269 24 and 86 the following year. Again this was the era when 30 home runs won you an MVP (go look up Dale Murphy’s MVP stats kids).
Foster’s numbers as a Met are actually pretty similar, less walks more power. I’m not sure I’d take one over the other, although Foster’s era means he was 3% better than league average while Bay is 5% worse.