2006 25-Man Roster

[Guest abogdan]

Why is the battle between Redman and Valentin? Why isn't it between Woodward and Valentin? Or Valentin and the rarely used 12th pitcher? Woodward and Valentin would seem redundant, especially since Woody isn't needed as a RH backup 1B or backup OF. I'd rather see Woody than someone without a real role in the bullpen, like Fortunato.

[Guest Edgy DC]

What is it? You want Woodie fighting for his life even though you want him above the competitors.

This isn't really a picture of what I want, just where the team seems to be at. (An if-the-season-started-today kind of thing.) I dislike twelve pitchers. I'm not keen on eleven. But twelve has been the way they've gone the last few years, through three managers and three GMs.

[MFS62]

Maybe that's one of the reasons why there have been three managers and three GMs.

Later

[nymr83]

in the NL an extra bench player is likely to see more time than an extra pitcher is. 12 pitchers is usually a bad idea, though there are times where its a good idea (you have no offdays and a scheduled doubleheader coming up, you have a starter injured but not on the DL so you're keeping his replacement around)

[Valadius]

Mike DiFelice has been signed by Washington to a minor league deal.

[Guest Edgy DC]

You're killing me, Val.

[Elster88]

Does anyone else think that this picture looks like someone drew in his mustache with the pencil in Microsoft Paint?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed Away

Catchers

DeFelice

And there goes the winner of our annual lubitul lookalike contest.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Seo	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Fortunato	Hamulack	Heilman	Padilla
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Wagner Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Zambrano	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed to Minor League Contracts and Invited to Spring Training
Catchers	Infielders	Outfielders
S.. Martinez	Tejada	Ramirez

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Seo	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Fortunato	Hamulack	Heilman	Padilla
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Wagner Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Zambrano	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed Away
Relief Pitchers	Infielders
Looper	Mientkiewicz

With the announcement of Doug Mientkiewicz heading to the Royals this morning, only seven Met free agents remain. This may well be the offseason that we re-sign nobody.

Sorry about those few minor leaguers with broken image links. I just paid my renewal fee for my domain and we'll get it back up asap.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Seo	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Fortunato	Hamulack	Heilman	Padilla
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Wagner Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Zambrano	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot

[Vic Sage]

avi

[Valadius]

It's Tejeda, as we have found out.

[MFS62]

Edgy,
If you ever need some pictures:
I wonder who that old guy is.

http://mets.nyfansites.com/photoroster40.php

But that place may not be as accurate as yours. I think I counted 41 on their roster.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's 41 at Mets.com also. I think I owe an e-mail and/or call to the Mets publicist.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed Away

Relief Pitchers

Graves

I liked Danny Graves and his re-attached head. I'm sorry he never fully got his act together with the Mets.

Six free agents remain, plus Ishii, whatever he is.

If you scroll up, Looper has been issued his Cardinal hat.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Seo	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Fortunato	Hamulack	Heilman	Padilla
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Wagner Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Zambrano	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot

[MFS62]

]01:46 PM EST- News: Ishii Re-Signs With Yakult posted by Luke Halpert Former Mets P Kazuhisa Ishii has signed with the Yakult Swallows, with whom he spent the first ten years of his career...

Saw that a few days ago.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed Away

Relief Pitchers

Ishii

Heartrending.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Seo	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Fortunato	Hamulack	Heilman	Padilla
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Wagner Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Zambrano	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot

[Elster88]

Franco looks like he's approaching 50 in his picture.

[MFS62]

According to WFAN in New York, the Mets have signed Darren Oliver, Pedro Feliciano and Jose Parra to minor league contracts.

Later

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

IIRC, Parra was inked by the MFYs last year?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed to Minor League Dealies
Relief Pitchers
http://i.a.cnn.net/si/images/baseball/mlb/players/6995.jpg Feliciano	Oliver	Parra

I'm listing Oliver as a reliever, though obviously he might land in Norfolk's starting rotation. The unretired types are tricky, because if they pitch reasonably well in the minors and don't get a call, they stand ready to quit. If they don't pitch very well, rather than fight to retain their spot, they tend to quit then also.

He's married with two kids, so that gives him less motivation to fight the good fight.

Let's see if Felicano's goofball Alexi Lalas Art Howe-era super-goatee survives Randolph.



Parra has a chance to finish what he started. If not for a concentrated run of rotten luck, he might be sitting in Padilla's chair.

I was looking for a picture of Parra and then recalled that I still had one on my site from his last tenure. Best picture I found while searching for "Jose Parra":


Let's sign that guy.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Seo	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Fortunato	Hamulack	Heilman	Padilla
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Wagner Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Zambrano	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

NY Times:

The Mets offered contracts yesterday to three arbitration-eligible players: the utility man Chris Woodward, catcher Ramon Castro and pitcher Victor Zambrano, ensuring that they remained with the team next season. Yesterday was the deadline for teams to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players, who would have otherwise become free agents.

The Mets did not tender major league contracts to pitcher Tyler Yates and outfielder Wayne Lydon, removing them from the 40-man roster.

[Guest Matt Murdock, Esq.]

whatever happened to Eric Valent?

I thought he was on the same list of guys who had to be tendered or released.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I think maybe Omar shot him

[Guest Edgy DC]

Non-Tendered		Removed	Added (to 40 and 25)	Demoted
Relief Pitchers	Outfielders	Infielders	Intfielders	Outfielders
Yates	Lydon	Self	Valentin	Redman

Yeah, the Mets site has removed them as well. Keppel and Self also, who appear to be a few weeks too late in leaving.

More conspicuously, they have Valentin on the big league roster. If that's true, they already have three backup infielders (Franco, Valentin, and Woodie) all but guaranteed a slot. That leaves Redman et al. to fight for a fifth outfield slot against each other, the candidates for the 12th pitcher, and the Mets.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Seo	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Fortunato	Hamulack	Heilman	Padilla
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Wagner Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Zambrano	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed

Demoted

[Elster88]

Nady looks like Damon in that pic, no?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed

Demoted

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed away by Yankees

[Elster88]

There isn't a doubt in my mind that Cairo will hit .315 for the Skankwhores this year.