It's been approximately 24 hours since the Mets officially traded Lastings Milledge to the Nationals for Ryan Church and Brian Schneider. During that time, Mets fans have been hitting the blogosphere voicing their opinions of the trade. It's quite obvious that most Mets fans are not happy with the deal.

Our most recent poll is indicating that about 70% of fans do not like the trade, while only 30% do. Our Facebook poll shows similar results, with 66% percent against the trade, 23% in favor, and 11% indifferent.

From what I can gather from various sources, most fans are more upset that we didn't get a pitcher in return than they are because we traded Milledge. Milledge has attitude problems, everyone knows that, but the fact that we got rid of him and didn't acquire the thing we need the most (a pitcher) in the process, has led to Mets fans questioning if Omar really knows what this team needs.

It was my impression that the Mets were inevitably going to trade Milledge this off season anyway, but I was pretty confident that he would be part of a package deal for a starter, or a straight up deal for a reliever. If neither of those two scenarios worked out, most fans would rather have kept Milledge and hoped for the best.

At the end of the day, the Mets traded a young outfield prospect with little trade value, for an older outfielder with similar numbers, and a third catcher.

But then again, this is Omar Minaya we are talking about, nobody seemed to like the Xavier Nady for Roberto Hernandez deal until "The Jacket" worked his wonders on Oliver Perez. Nor did anyone like the Kris and Anna Benson for Jorge Julio deal, until we met John Maine; so sometimes you never know how these trades are going to work out. We shall wait and see...