2006 25-Man Roster

[Elster88]

Nice, thanks.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Traded!
To San Diego:	To New York:
Cameron	Nady

The unwritten story here is that Cameron's exile means that the Tommie Agee chair returns to centerfield where it belongs. Beltran better be fun this year.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Seo	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Hamulack	Heilman	Ishii (Option Bought Out)	Padilla
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Takatsu Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Zambrano	Castro	Hietpas (Currently Not on 40- Man Roster)	A. Hernandez

[Valadius]

When did we get Matt Perisho?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signing announced about a week ago.

Didn't even know they were eligible to sign him, but there you go.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed Off

Anderson

Removing Anderson. Ten free-agents remain.

Returned to Roster	Removed from Roster
Woodward	Self

Adding Woodward back on the 25, based on MFS62's rec. Self was a place-holder anyhow.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Seo	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Hamulack	Heilman	Ishii (Option Bought Out)	Padilla
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Takatsu Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Zambrano	Castro	Hietpas (Currently Not on 40- Man Roster)	A. Hernandez

[Valadius]

Oh ok, they switched it already.

[MFS62]

Edgy, saw this posted on NYFO. No link provided:

Added pitchers Brian Bannister, Anderson Garcia, Henry Owens, Yusmeiro Petit and Juan Perez to the 40-man roster; sent outright outfielders Ambiorix Concepcion and Todd Self to Norlfolk of the International League (AAA).

Juan Perez is a 27 year old lefty reliever who pitched for Pawtucket last season.
But who is Henry Owens?

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Owens was nabbed from Pittsburgh in last year's rule V draft. He spent the year at St. Lucie and did well (which he should have at 26) and went to the AFL went Jeremy Hill got hurt. He's a hard-thrower, fastball-sinker-slider guy.

Huge step backwards for Concepcion, that he's considered a safer exposure than stalled guys like Baldiris and Lydon.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Well it could just be the Ron Darling Tribute spot for Benson

Course we could find 25 guys to fill various "slots"

Right now we no longer have the Stearns/Carter/Hundley/Piazza tribute "Clutch Power Hitting Catcher Who Lead The Team" slot

Wright is the "HoJo Tribute Third Sacker With Pop and Potential" slot

Aaron Heilman gets the "Rick Augliera Tribute Pitcher Without A Real Specific Slot Slot" and so on

Steve

[Guest Edgy DC]

Let's not water down a memorial honor.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Well that was the point I was trying to make with the Augie slot!

Steve

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Actually, to be fair, lets give Tom Glavine the "Warren Spahn Memorial Future Hall Of Famer Hanging On For Another Go Round Roster Spot"

Shouldn't be a frequently used one, and maybe a case can be made that Glavine can have a "Clemens-esque" resurgence and stick around a long while, but it is a good slot to use, especially for pitchers

Steve

[Guest Edgy DC]

Roster at mets.com shows the addition of Bannister, Garcia, Henry Owens, and Petit, but not Perez and not the removal of Concepcion and Self.

They also finally include Humber, show a retention of Woodward (suggesting the Mets do indeed control his rights), and include only 36 guys, indicating that there isn't currently a roster crunch that would force them to remove Self and Concepcion.

On edit: Oops, here's a reference to Perez.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Added to 40
Starting Pitchers		Relief Pitchers
Bannister	Petit	Garcia	Owens	Perez

Actually, there's a lot of things the Mets site isn't telling me. Adding these five brings me to 40. I'm counting Ishii, whose rights the Mets still control after his option was declined, but he may have been removed from the roster.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Seo	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Hamulack	Heilman	Ishii (Option Bought Out)	Padilla
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Takatsu Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Zambrano	Castro	Hietpas (Currently Not on 40- Man Roster)	A. Hernandez

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

I still think there should be a Warren Spahn memorial slot for "Future HOF Hanging On For One More Go Round" and given to Glavine!

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Steve

[MFS62]

mlbaseballtalk wrote: I still think there should be a Warren Spahn memorial slot for "Future HOF Hanging On For One More Go Round" and given to Glavine! Steve

If Edgy decides to so name that spot, I would hope that it would be retired after Glavine leaves and not become a permanant slot on the Mets roster. Why should the Mets be looking at pitchers that old as a permanent fixture on their staff?

EDIT"
Self and Concepcion were removed from the roster last week.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yes, I read and responded. The report is that they have been outrighted to Norfolk. That seems to imply that they have been removed from the 40. I need to confirm that.

[Valadius]

I think we should only name roster spots after people who have passed away, since that's what we've done anyway.

[Elster88]

I would give the Tommie Agee Memorial Forceful, Fleet, and Fun Outfielder Roster Slot to Floyd. He's not as fleet as Beltran, but he can move. And he seems more fun. Beltran is wooden and cliched. Floyd makes Wright carry his luggage around and does silly little hopping multiple step-handshakes that show he still thinks he's David's age.
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[Valadius]

Time to slot in Delgado, or are we waiting for final confirmation?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

It's not an official deal yet, and probably won't be until after Thanksgiving.

[Valadius]

We put Nady in while that trade wasn't yet official.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

You really are impatient, aren't you?

I hope as you get older you monitor your blood pressure.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, I'm waiting on confirmation and finalization. Too much coding to backtrack.

I think the Tommie Agee slot has to go to a guy with mad gamebreaking fence-busting athletic skilz. In my imagination, it was established in upon Agee's death in the 2001 offesason, and was held by Jay Payton until he was dealt at the end of 2002, but the chair remained sketchily filled until the Cameron acquisition. It seems like it should go primarily to centerfielders, but Cammie retained it in his shift to right because it would have been unseemly otherwise.

On the notion that it must be perpetually filled, it was given to Jeromy Burnitz at the end of 2002 and passed on to Tsuyoshi Shinjo upon Burnitz's dealing in 2003. Cammie has restored the shining brilliance of of the honor.

I hope Delgado is ready for the Clendonon patch on his sleeve.

I think Valadius needs a hobby. Another hobby.

Look at some of us --- Yancy, me, Scarlet. You don't want to end up like us.

[Theoldmole]

Doesn't he have a girlfriend?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Acquired	Dealt		Removed from 40
Infielders	Infielders	Starting Pitchers	Infielders	Outielders
Delgado	Jacobs	Petit	Self	Concepcion

Petit had been on the big-league roster for two or three days. Kiss of death, I tells ye.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Seo	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Hamulack	Heilman	Ishii (Option Bought Out)	Padilla
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Takatsu Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Zambrano	Castro	Hietpas (Currently Not on 40- Man Roster)	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot

[Valadius]

I do have a girlfriend. She just lives in North Carolina.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I guess the fun part about entering them prematurely is to log on and watch the hats change.

[Guest KC]

>>>Look at some of us --- Yancy, me, Scarlet. You don't want to end up like us.<<<

Lol, how did I miss the cut?

>>>I do have a girlfriend. She just lives in North Carolina.<<<

And you're not in NC ... youth is wasted on the young.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I guess the fun part about entering the transaction prematurely is to log on and watch the hats change.