Biggest free-agent stinko signings.

[RealityChuck]

No current Mets, but three former Mets (and three current MFYs):

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/story?id=2518991

List only:

]1. Carl Pavano, RHP, Yankees 2. Adrian Beltre, OF, Seattle 3. Richie Sexson, 1B, Seattle 4. Jaret Wright, RHP, Yankees 5. Jeff Weaver, RHP, Angels/Cardinals 6. Sidney Ponson, RHP, Cardinals/Yankees 7. Cristian Guzman, SS, Washington 8. Jeromy Burnitz, OF, Pittsburgh 9. Braden Looper, RHP, St. Louis 10. Esteban Loaiza, RHP, Oakland

[MFS62]

Where's Don Gullett on the list of those (Yankee) free agents.
And he should be near the top.
The writer is either too young to remember or didn't do his research.
Or both.

He had one good year, then injury ended his career at the age of 27/28.

Later

[Guest OlerudOwned]

]Brown and Hampton are two examples of deals gone bad in the last five to seven years. But what about more recent history? Here are the biggest busts since the end of the 2004 season

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Yankees signed Gullett. He gives them good pitching --- sometimes excellent --- for a year and a quarter, contributing to one world championship*, and tears his rotator cuff and is done. I don't know how that measures up as a crippling free agency acquisition on a par with the ones listed.

At any rate, the article specifies that these are "the biggest busts since the end of the 2004 season."

* Maybe two, if you think that maybe the Yankees don't pull out the 1978 division race without Gullett's modest 44.7 innings pitched (4-2 and a league average ERA).

[Zvon]

Loopers 6-1 this season---probly due to his own blown leads, but still.