Gary Sheffield? Really?

In a completely surprise move, Omar Minaya has acquired Gary Sheffield to play outfield for the Mets. I'm not sure what I think of this. My first thoughts were "wtf? why?" Then I thought about it a little more and thought he offers some good protection if it turns out that Murphy isn't as productive against lefties. A double platoon in right and left is not something I'm against. Tatis and Sheffield vs. lefties (though on second thought, the outfield defense might be atrocious with that setup) and Murphy and Church vs. righties. My next thought was wow, Omar just signed Moises Alou again except with a bad attitude. So after these thoughts I was leaning towards being against the move.... until I thought about something the Mets have seemingly lacked in the past couple of seasons, swagger.

No one can claim that Sheff, if healthy, won't add that extra swag the Mets have lacked in comparison to the Phillies. Killer instinct. A desire to not just win but demolish, rip, tear apart, and crush opponents that I think Sheffield possesses.

So in the end I'm going to conclude that this could be good gamble. Low risk, high reward, high swag factor... but watch out for the Moises Alou with a bad attitude syndrome, which is in my opinion, the most likely outcome of this gambit.