The Face of Incompetence

There are many General Managers who infuriate their fan bases with a stunning amount of incompetence. However, Omar Minaya, the GM of the Mets, wins the award for the most incompetent. Minaya has always gotten a lot more credit then he deserved for the Mets run to the NLCS in 2006. The team he took over was overwhelmingly inherited from the previous GM. In 2007, after the Mets historic collapse, he shockingly failed to address the team's bullpen, which was the worst in baseball at the time. The failure to address the bullpen issue led the Mets to another collapse in 2008. Minaya made another shocking decision by giving Luis Castillo, an aging mediocre second baseman, a massive 4 year, 24 million dollar contract. This also prevented the Mets from signing Orlando Hudson, one of the best second baseman in the game, who openly stated that he wanted to play for the Mets. Now, go forward to this year. Minaya gave another massive contract to Oliver Perez, instead of signing Derek Lowe. Lowe's ERA is currently 4.3, while Perez's is a horrendous 9.97! The Mets have been devastated with injuries this year, which obviously can't be blamed on Minaya. However, the Mets have plenty of trade options to try to help counter the loss of their stars. Minaya, though, has chosen to do nothing, while the Mets have continued to sink. Minaya needs to go for the Mets to get back to the playoffs.