The Journal asked a bunch of the Mets how they felt about the news that hedge fund head David Einhorn might be investing $200 million in the team. Most of them had no idea who he was, which is fair enough; they’re not paid to follow the hedge fund business. But they seemed to generally like the idea.

Here’s pitcher Chris Capuano, whom I like because he gave up about 15 home runs to the Yankees last week:

“It’s not something that we focused on. I think the financial health of the franchise is a little above our level of expertise down here on the field. If that’s the decision that Fred is making, I’m sure it’s well thought-out. As a player, even with an economics degree from Duke, that’s above my level of expertise. …

An economics degree from Duke? Who knew.

I know David Einhorn a little bit from work, and if I were a Mets player, I’d be ecstatic about his involvement with the team. If I were the Wilpons, I’d be nervous—and I think it’s a sign of how desperate they are for investment that they’d choose David as their partner, if indeed they do.

Because if there’s one thing that David Einhorn is known for in the business world, it’s his absolute intolerance of poor management. He wrote a terrific book—and I mean that, it’s absolutely fascinating—about his fight with corrupt company Allied Capital, Fooling Some of the People All of the Time. It’s the best book written about the financial crisis before the financial crisis actually began.

And just the other day, at the Ira Sohn Investment Conference (attended by yours truly and about 1,000 really rich guys), David made news by disclosing Greenlight Capital’s (his fund) investment in Microsoft and calling for the ouster of CEO Steve Ballmer.

(Not that I’m a Microsoft expert, but I think he’s absolutely right on this one—smart phones, music players, tablets—how many paradigm shifts can Microsoft miss out on?)

Now, the Mets owners are very likely crooks. And David, in my opinion, is a man of integrity. I’ve never talked with him about Madoff, but I can imagine his feelings about people who worked with Madoff—and got other people to put money with Madoff, as the Wilpons did—aren’t positive. And perhaps not even respectful.

I can’t imagine there’s any way he would make this deal if he didn’t see it leading either to reform of the Mets management (how, I don’t know) or a takeover of the team.

And that would be the best thing Mets fans could possibly hope for. This is a very impressive guy.