Roster Notes 2018

[G-Fafif]

With Jerry Blevins on paternity leave, Paul Sewald becomes the Mets' reigning active roster iron man, having held his spot without interruption since May 1, 2017. Wilmer Flores was activated from the DL two days later and hasn't been off the roster since, though he was out most of September last year when he fouled a ball off his face, but space allowed him to stick around on paper.

We're 39 games in and only 13 Mets from Opening Day haven't budged.

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We're 40 games in and only 12 Mets from Opening Day have been active for all 40 games.

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Chris Flexen and Tomas Nido have been recalled.

Buddy Baumann has been optioned.

Jose Lobaton has been DFA'd.

[RealityChuck]

I was surprised at first they were bringing up Nido; he's not major league ready.

But I suspect they're DFAing Lobaton to clear room on the roster. They'll need another outfielder if Lagares is out.

Though why they don't just put Lagares of the 60-day DL is hard to figure.

[bmfc1]

Agreed. Wouldn't Nido be better served by playing in 3 out of 4 games rather than sitting out 3 out of 4 games?

[G-Fafif]

Callaway says they want Nido to apprentice under Mesoraco, who is apparently a state of the art professional catcher in their view. They're expecting Plawecki back in 7-10 days.

Also, the Lobaton galaxy of stars proved decidedly less than stellar. Mickey didn't say that. He didn't have to.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, that they opted for Nido over the 33 y/o Lobaton isn't a surprise. That they picked this particular shy-on-OFs moment to do so doesn't have an obvious cause but it gets Nido a few more weeks of ML play
under a veteran influence before settling back in as the Vegas catcher while Plawecki & Mesoroco cover the ML side.

[G-Fafif]

We're down to 10 Mets who've been on the active roster every day of 2018:

Gonzalez
Cabrera
Rosario
Reyes
Syndergaard
Matz
Lugo
Familia
Gsellman
Sewald

[seawolf17]

G-Fafif wrote: We're down to 10 Mets who've been on the active roster every day of 2018: Gonzalez Cabrera Rosario Reyes Syndergaard Matz Lugo Familia Gsellman Sewald

Or nine, with Syndergaard now on the shelf.

[G-Fafif]

seawolf17 wrote: We're down to 10 Mets who've been on the active roster every day of 2018: Gonzalez Cabrera Rosario Reyes Syndergaard Matz Lugo Familia Gsellman Sewald Or nine, with Syndergaard now on the shelf.

Holy fuck. On all counts.

[seawolf17]

But hey! We've still got Healthy Jose Reyes!

[G-Fafif]

Yeah, anyway...

We're down to 19 Mets who've been on the active roster every day of 2018:

Gonzalez
Cabrera
Rosario
Reyes
Matz
Lugo
Familia
Gsellman
Sewald

[G-Fafif]

Anthony Swarzak has alighted with the 51s.

[G-Fafif]

Conlon optioned, Bautista sticks around.

[G-Fafif]

Let's see...as reported, Baumann, Copeland and Peterson are here. Evans and Rhame were optioned. Since they were a man short with Thor's DL'ing, that's 25.

Matz not on DL.

[G-Fafif]

The bench tonight is Conforto, Reyes, Mesoraco and that's it.

Nine-man bullpen, few of whom can truly be called providers of relief.

[G-Fafif]

Matz's deal called slight finger strain; "could make next start," per reports.

[Edgy MD]

The addiction to relief is maddening. Somebody has to hit for those guys!

It's not like they're going to use Robles today.

[ashie62]

Conlon dfa'd

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And Lagares to 60-day DL.

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Lobaton reported back with the Mets and Copeland's locker reported empty. Mesoraco's concussion protocol apparently OK because he's tonight's cleanup hitter. Lobaton would have to be added to the 40-man to give the Mets an extra bench player (Lobaton) who would double as catching insurance.

[G-Fafif]

Sure enough, Lobaton officially back, yeoman Copeland DFA'd.

[G-Fafif]

Callaway says he plans to start Plawecki at first on Saturday to make the lineup more righthanded, so having Lobaton gives him a little more flexibility off the bench, or something along those lines.

[Frayed Knot]

I had a suspicion they'd call up Lobaton (or Nido) if for no other reason than to allow the non-playing half of Mesowecki (rolls off the tongue better than Plawraco) to PH more freely.

[RealityChuck]

Must be figuring that since Lobaton wasn't claimed the last time he was DFA'd, he won't be claimed this time, either.

[Frayed Knot]

Plus Evans hasn't been down long enough to re-float him up to the majors (until tonight's injuries are tallied) so the hitting choices were rather limited anyway.

[G-Fafif]

Dodgers claim P.J. Conlon, assign him to Triple-A Oklahoma City.

[G-Fafif]

Matz, finger notwithstanding, slated to start Sunday.

Syndergaard, finger notwithstanding, may start next weekend vs MFYs.

[MFS62]

G-Fafif wrote: Matz, finger notwithstanding, slated to start Sunday. Syndergaard, finger notwithstanding, may start next weekend vs MFYs.

The Mets should contact Jackie Mason.
He's got a finger for everybody.

Later

[G-Fafif]

Copeland passes through waivers. Fanfare for this common man to play at Binghamton.