Time for Kaz to cash his chips

Dr. Uetz
The $8 million the Mets owe Kaz Matsui this year is a crying shame. And it seems to be interfering with the better judgment of some Mets fans and insiders. I can understand feeling as though you should start they guy, but he's been a bust.

Too often in life we stick with a bad decision because it was such a big decision. But the Mets need to avoid making that mistake. Anderson Hernandez has earned a shot at the big time and should be the starting second basemen in Shea until someone else shows some metal. There is no intention of signing Matsui again, so why waste time with him simply because he's getting paid so much money. Let's admit it, we screwed up; now it's time to move on. With the talent and promise and every other position - including there the hope we place in Lastings Milledge - let's at least put a 2bagger out there who can play better than me.

If Matsui cares to prove me wrong, I welcome that. In the end I want the Mets to end this nauseating string of NL East titles the Braves have amassed. It's the twentieth anniversary of the Bad Guys winning it all and I want to honor that appropriately - by humiliating our opponents. We can start next week with the Nationals. And our odds are better with Hernandez (Anderson, not Keith) at second.