Mets Claim Angel Berroa from Yankees

According to Adam Rubin of the Daily News (from his 'Surfing The Mets' section) the New York Mets have claimed IF Angel Berroa off of waivers from the Yankees. They assigned him to Triple-A Buffalo.

Is it me or have we seen a lot of terrible baseball moves in the last few days? First of all, Omar Minaya practically gives Ryan Church to the Atlanta Braves for Jeff Francoeur, who, by the way, has had three full seasons (including this one) where his on-base percentage below .300. And he will never show any signs of improvement in this field as well.

Then, the Royals acquire SS Yuniesky Betancourt and most of his $10 million dollar contract from the Mariners for two decent prospects. Betancourt, 27, is a Cuban refugee who is basically the shortstop version of Francoeur, but without power. He is also a terrible fielder. It could be argued that he is one of the worst starters in all of baseball. But you can never be surprised by the moves the Royals make - they did give away Ramon Ramirez and Leo Nunez this offseason, acquired Mike Jacobs while they have a good first base prospect in Kila Ka'aihue just waiting in Triple-A, and signed Kyle Farnsworth to a multi-year deal.

I know this is a Yankees blog, but I need to stress how incompetent Omar Minaya and the Royals are. I'm sure Minaya is discussing trades, but he needed to do something weeks ago if he thought that the Mets can contend.

EDIT (3:32 Eastern): Turns out Rubin was incorrect about the details. The Yankees actually released him Tuesday and he was just signed to a minor league contact, so he is not on the 40 man roster. Therefore, this actually means absolutely nothing - he's just depth. But regardless, Angel Berroa stinks.