Sheff's a Met

Gary Sheffield is the newest member of the New York Mets, according to SNY.

It is believed he has signed for the league minimum, which is $400,000.

As I said before, it's a good signing for the price. Ryan Church will likely have his playing time diminish a little and it bumps Nick Evans down a notch. Evans may or may not make the Opening Day roster with the new addition.

Also affected: Marlon Anderson. Which, in my opinion, is a very good thing.

As the saying goes about pitching, you can never have enough. The same is true about position players.

Update - 3:53 p.m.: Salary update, according to Jon Heyman:

It is presumed that the Mets will pay him the pro-rated portion of the $400,000 minimum. The Tigers are obligated to pick up the rest of Sheffield's $14 million salary.

Great move by the Mets. I believe this means they'll be paying him less than Daniel Murphy, Nick Evans, Robinson Cancel, Jon Niese, Bobby Parnell and Brian Stokes, for reference.

Update - 4:12 p.m.: Ryan Punzalan, in the comments, points out something I forgot to mention. The Mets now have a marketing gold mine on their hands. Sheffield is one home run away from 500 and I'm sure they'll be more than happy to capitalize on any marketing opportunities that pop up from that.

Update - 4:35 p.m.: The corner outfielders respond to the signing, via the Daily News.

"He's more than welcome," Church said. "He's a great player and he'd just another piece for us. I can't control what they do, I just have to always be ready to play every day."

Murphy added: "We're here to win a World Series. If the orgranization and Omar (Minaya) think he's going to help, let's go get him."

Great attitudes. Marlon Anderson might not be so cheery.