Solid but not Wow

Are we excited that the entire Ollie saga may be coming to a close? Its kind of like if you go out and buy your own birthday present but wait until the actual day to open it. The present is still kind of cool, but not the big surprise that gets you all jazzed up for the moment. You still have the same gift, it does the same stuff, and in the long run your satisfaction level is equal to how the present performs. An Ollie signing is kind of like that, good quality but not the Wow factor.
I have read some old posts, literally just days ago and realized that Omar is much more patient than I am. In the course of a few days, I have gone from excited about Lowe, glad the Mets passed, sold on Ollie, infatuated with Sheets, thought about wolf or Garland and now back to Perez. Passing on Lowe at $15M per season was a sound, financial move. Assuming the Mets land Perez in the $10M range, the Mets will have done a 2 for 1 with Ollie and Garcia. If that pans out, then good work by Omar for staying within his budget and getting two potentially very strong arms for the rotation. A group that goes Santana, Perez, Pelfrey, Maine, Garcia or Redding, with Niese and Parnell as fall back options is much better than last year's group based on better depth. The Ben Sheets idea is still very intriguing but with no medical knowledge it is very understandable why the Mets (and others) are hesitant to sign him. So we hopefully have Ollie in hand by the end of the weekend. And then we can dream about that Wow present, spelled Manny.