2006 25-Man Roster

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Bell was flown back up to Queens to be reactivated, but couldn't be because the team misinterpreted one of those cwazie roster rules, sez Rubin.

[Guest Edgy DC]

OK, catching up. My last update came June 18th.

June 28th:

Activated from Extended Spring Training and Assigned to St. Lucie

Starting Pitchers

Humber

June 30th:

Activated from 15-Day DL	Optioned to Norfolk
Outfielders
Floyd	Milledge

July 3rd:

Recalled from Norfolk	Optioned to Norfolk
Starting Pitchers
Maine	Soler

July 4th:

Purchased from Norfolk and Activated	Designated for Assignment	Optioned to Norfolk
Starting Pitchers	Relief Pitchers
Lima	Adams	Bell (Norfolk)

July 6th:

Assigned to 15-Day DL	Recalled from Binghamton
Starting Pitchers	Relief Pitchers
Martinez	Owens

July 7th:

Recalled from Binghamton	Designated for Assignment
Starting Pitchers
Pelfrey	Lima

Starting Pitchers
Glavine	O. Hernandez	Maine	Pelfrey	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bradford	Feliciano	Heilman	Oliver	Owens
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Sanchez Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Wagner	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot
Infielders
Franco	Reyes	Valentin	Woodward	Wright
Outfielders
Beltran Tommie Agee Memorial Forceful, Fleet, and Fun Outfielder Roster Slot	Chavez	Floyd	Marrero	Nady

Others on the 40-Man Roster
Starting Pitchers
Bannister (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Humber (St. Lucie)	Lindstrom (Binghamton)	Martinez (On 15-Day Disabled List)	Soler (Norfolk)
Starting Pitchers		Relief Pitchers
Williams (Norfolk)	Zambrano (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Bell (Norfolk)	Garcia (Norfolk)	Padilla (On 60-Day Disabled List)
Relief Pitchers			Infielders
Perez (Norfolk)	Ring (Norfolk)	Schmoll (Norfolk)	A. Hernandez (Norfolk)	Keppinger (Norfolk)
Outfielders
Diaz (Norfolk)	Milledge (Norfolk)

[Elster88]

Garcia = shady.

[Elster88]

Pedro was recalled from Norfolk?

[MFS62]

Owens down.
Bell up.
See bottom of article:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylt=AoXz3JcSvOjJOFM7npZxi5IRvLYF?gid=260715116

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

July 15th:

Recalled from Norfolk	Optioned to Binghamton
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Owens

Starting Pitchers
Glavine	O. Hernandez	Maine	Pelfrey	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Bradford	Feliciano	Heilman	Oliver
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Sanchez Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Wagner	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot
Infielders
Franco	Reyes	Valentin	Woodward	Wright
Outfielders
Beltran Tommie Agee Memorial Forceful, Fleet, and Fun Outfielder Roster Slot	Chavez	Floyd	Marrero	Nady

Others on the 40-Man Roster
Starting Pitchers
Bannister (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Humber (St. Lucie)	Lindstrom (Binghamton)	Martinez (On 15-Day Disabled List)	Soler (Norfolk)
Starting Pitchers		Relief Pitchers
Williams (Norfolk)	Zambrano (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Garcia (Norfolk)	Owens (Norfolk)	Padilla (On 60-Day Disabled List)
Relief Pitchers			Infielders
Perez (Norfolk)	Ring (Norfolk)	Schmoll (Norfolk)	A. Hernandez (Norfolk)	Keppinger (Norfolk)
Outfielders
Diaz (Norfolk)	Milledge (Norfolk)

[Guest Edgy DC]

July 20th:

Acquired from Kansas City	Traded to Kansas City
Relief Pitchers
Gotay	Keppinger

Mets, Royals swap minor league infielders

NEW YORK (AP) - The Kansas City Royals sent Ruben Gotay to the New York Mets for Jeff Keppinger in a swap of minor league infielders Wednesday.

Gotay will be assigned to Triple-A Norfolk and Keppinger will play at Triple-A Omaha.

The 23-year-old Gotay was hitting .264 with nine home runs and 43 RBI for Omaha this season. The switch-hitting second baseman played 130 games for Kansas City in the past two years, batting .242 with six homers and 45 RBI.

Gotay's uncle, Julio Gotay, played in the majors with St. Louis, Pittsburgh, California and Houston from 1960-69.

The 26-year-old Keppinger hit .299 with two homers and 26 RBI for Norfolk. The second baseman played 33 games for the Mets in 2004, hitting .284 with three home runs and nine RBI.

Starting Pitchers
Glavine	O. Hernandez	Maine	Pelfrey	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Bradford	Feliciano	Heilman	Oliver
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Sanchez Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Wagner	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot
Infielders
Franco	Reyes	Valentin	Woodward	Wright
Outfielders
Beltran Tommie Agee Memorial Forceful, Fleet, and Fun Outfielder Roster Slot	Chavez	Floyd	Marrero	Nady

Others on the 40-Man Roster
Starting Pitchers
Bannister (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Humber (St. Lucie)	Lindstrom (Binghamton)	Martinez (On 15-Day Disabled List)	Soler (Norfolk)
Starting Pitchers		Relief Pitchers
Williams (Norfolk)	Zambrano (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Garcia (Norfolk)	Owens (Norfolk)	Padilla (On 60-Day Disabled List)
Relief Pitchers			Infielders
Perez (Norfolk)	Ring (Norfolk)	Schmoll (Norfolk)	A. Hernandez (Norfolk)	Gotay (Norfolk)
Outfielders
Diaz (Norfolk)	Milledge (Norfolk)

[stevejrogers]

Bell back to Norfolk, Pedro returns

[Guest OlerudOwned]

="SteveJRogers"]Bell back to Norfolk, Pedro returns

[Guest Edgy DC]

July 28th:

Activated from 15-Day Disabled List	Optioned to Norfolk
Relief Pitchers
Martinez	Bell

Starting to take shape

With Pedro Martinez back in the rotation, manager Willie Randolph finally provided the sequence of starters for the one-time-around, six-man rotation. Following Martinez are Orlando Hernandez and Glavine on Saturday and Sunday against the Braves, Mike Pelfrey and Steve Trachsel (each on eight days' rest) against the Marlins in Miami on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Martinez on Thursday in Miami.

Randolph reiterated John Maine will get another start. So unless Glavine is pushed back and doesn't start against the Phillies on Aug. 4, Maine will go at least nine days without starting.

Starting Pitchers
Glavine	O. Hernandez	Maine	Martinez	Pelfrey
Starting Pitchers	Relief Pitchers
Trachsel	Bradford	Feliciano	Heilman	Oliver
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Sanchez Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Wagner	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot
Infielders
Franco	Reyes	Valentin	Woodward	Wright
Outfielders
Beltran Tommie Agee Memorial Forceful, Fleet, and Fun Outfielder Roster Slot	Chavez	Floyd	Marrero	Nady

Others on the 40-Man Roster
Starting Pitchers
Bannister (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Humber (St. Lucie)	Lindstrom (Binghamton)	Soler (Norfolk)	Williams (Norfolk)
Starting Pitchers	Relief Pitchers
Zambrano (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Bell (Norfolk)	Garcia (Norfolk)	Owens (Norfolk)	Padilla (On 60-Day Disabled List)
Relief Pitchers			Infielders
Perez (Norfolk)	Ring (Norfolk)	Schmoll (Norfolk)	A. Hernandez (Norfolk)	Gotay (Norfolk)
Outfielders
Diaz (Norfolk)	Milledge (Norfolk)

[metirish]

From Mets.com

] Milledge is batting .277 with seven home runs, a .453 slugging percentage and 35 RBIs in 278 at-bats with Triple-A Norfolk. He batted .233 with a .419 slugging percentage, three home runs and 12 RBIs in 86 at-bats while with the Mets from May 30-June 30. His immediate availability to the Mets may be an issue because was ejected from Norfolk's game on Sunday night and may face discipline.

[Guest Edgy DC]

July 31st:

Assigned to 15-Day Disabled List	Traded to Pittsburgh	Acquired from Pittsburgh	Acquired from Pittsburgh and Assigned to Norfolk	Promoted from Norfolk
Relief Pitchers	Outfielders	Relief Pitchers	Starting Pitchers	Outfielders
Sanchez Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Nady	R. Hernandez	Perez	Milledge

I'm assuming somewhat here, but if you spend too much time out of your chair these days, Steve tends to jump in.

My thinking is that Duaner gets to retain the Tug McGraw Memorial Chair during his DL stint, that such things come with your tenure as long as you remain with the team. Chad Bradford was a little miffed and said, "I get people out, throwing like a girl, 30 miles per hour slower than Mike Pelfrey, what do I have to do to get that title?" and I said "Wear an octopus on your head, goggles on your face, throw your glove at the ball, and get smashed up in the midst of an awesome season." So he was cool with Duaner keeping the designation.

The thing that makes this presumption sketchy is Marty Noble's report:

"Milledge's immediate availability to the Mets may be an issue because was ejected from Norfolk's game Sunday night and may face discipline. The International League is investigating the incident in which the 21-year-old outfielder was ejected in the first inning by home plate umpire Mike Estabrook.

Milledge had taken exception to a called third strike. He argued with the umpire, threw down his bat and approached Estabrook. One report said Milledge bumped the umpire and that Estabrook backtracked to regain his balance as Norfolk manager Ken Oberkfell ran to intercede.

The Mets' Minor League department at Shea Stadium said it was unaware of a bumping incident, but the International League office is reviewing the situation and awaiting delivery of a videotape of it. The Mets wouldn't be obligated to recognize any discipline imposed by the International League."

Starting Pitchers
Glavine	O. Hernandez	Maine	Martinez	Pelfrey
Starting Pitchers	Relief Pitchers
Trachsel	Bradford	Feliciano	Heilman	R. Hernandez
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Oliver	Wagner	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot
Infielders
Franco	Reyes	Valentin	Woodward	Wright
Outfielders
Beltran Tommie Agee Memorial Forceful, Fleet, and Fun Outfielder Roster Slot	Chavez	Floyd	Marrero	Milledge

Others on the 40-Man Roster
Starting Pitchers
Bannister (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Humber (St. Lucie)	Lindstrom (Binghamton)	Perez (Norfolk)	Soler (Norfolk)
Starting Pitchers		Relief Pitchers
Williams (Norfolk)	Zambrano (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Bell (Norfolk)	Garcia (Norfolk)	Owens (Norfolk)
Relief Pitchers
Padilla (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Perez (Norfolk)	Ring (Norfolk)	Sanchez Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot (On 15-Day Disabled List)	Schmoll (Norfolk)
Infielders		Outfielders
A. Hernandez (Norfolk)	Gotay (Norfolk)	Diaz (Norfolk)

[Elster88]

I'm guessing that they photoshopped some Pittsburgh stuff on Nady. Otherwise he managed to take that picture within minutes of the trade being announced.

[MFS62]

Edgy, great job as usual.
But shouldn't you have said Perez was "optioned" to Norfolk instead of "assigned"?
"Assigned" technically means he would have to pass through waivers in order to be recalled. I believe he had been optioned by the PIrates earlier this season, so he is still in an option year.

Later

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Wow, you're really up on the minutiae of roster transactions!

[MFS62]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Wow, you're really up on the minutiae of roster transactions!

It comes from watching several generations of GMs of many teams lose players because they didn't know the option rules. I think that's the way one of the Mets' GMs lost a player and ended up having to trade him. (I forget the details. Izzy? Endy the first time around?)

I've seen the evolution of the rules over a long period of time.

First, a player could be kept in the minors for four years before they had to be added to the 40 man roster.

Then it was three years.

Once you could only option a 40 man roster player three TIMES from the 25 man before they had to be put on waivers. Teams usually optioned when the squads were pared down in the spring and only recalled them in September.

Nowadays, a player has three option YEARS, and a team can send down/ bring up a player an almost unlimited number of times during those three years. (The rule should be named the Heath Bell rule)

I also remember the first bonus baby rules, under which the player signed had to be kept on the 25 man roster for a full year, before they could be optioned for seasoning, or be exposed to waivers. Some players in that category included (IIRC) Koufax, Brooks Robinson, Clemente (lost) and Killebrew.

Then, you could keep one bonus baby and option only one first yeat player (Cleon Jones was one of two Mets under that rule, the other four were exposed to waivers and none claimed. I think the other may have been Kevin Collins).


There may have been some other changes to the rules durng that time span, but I think that captured the significant ones.

Later

[Elster88]

That's good stuff, 62. If you ever hold a seminar let me know.

[Guest Edgy DC]

August 2nd

Optioned to Norfolk	Recalled from Norfolk	Lightened Up
Starting Pitchers	Relief Pitchers
Pelfrey	Ring	Garcia	Garcia

The New York Mets today recalled lefthanded pitcher Royce Ring from Norfolk (AAA) of the International League and optioned righthanded pitcher Mike Pelfrey to the Tides. Ring will wear uniform #43 and will be available for tonight's game at Florida.
Ring, 25, was 2-1 with 10 saves and a 2.97 ERA in 34 games for Norfolk. In 36.1 innings, he allowed 28 hits, 13 runs, 12 earned, with 15 walks and 37 strikeouts. Opponents were batting .212 against him.

Royce compiled a Tides franchise record with a 26.2 scoreless innings streak from April 19th-July 8th. During that stretch he went 2-0, was eight-for-eight in save opportunities, allowing eight hits, while issuing 11 walks and fanning 28.

The 6-0, 220-pounder was also named to the Triple-A All-Star Game and pitched a scoreless inning on July 12th at Toledo, OH.

Ring was 0-2 with a 5.06 ERA in 15 games for New York in 2005. In 10.2 innings, he yielded 10 hits, six runs, earned, with 10 walks and eight strikeouts.

Pelfrey, 22, went 2-1 with a 5.48 ERA in four starts with the Mets. In 21.1 innings, he surrendered 25 hits, 14 runs, 13 earned, with 12 walks and 13 strikeouts.

Starting Pitchers
Glavine	O. Hernandez	Maine	Martinez	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bradford	Feliciano	Heilman	R. Hernandez	Oliver
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Ring	Wagner	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot
Infielders
Franco	Reyes	Valentin	Woodward	Wright
Outfielders
Beltran Tommie Agee Memorial Forceful, Fleet, and Fun Outfielder Roster Slot	Chavez	Floyd	Marrero	Milledge

Others on the 40-Man Roster
Starting Pitchers
Bannister (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Humber (St. Lucie)	Lindstrom (Binghamton)	Pelfrey (Norfolk)	Perez (Norfolk)
Starting Pitchers			Relief Pitchers
Soler (Norfolk)	Williams (Norfolk)	Zambrano (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Bell (Norfolk)	Garcia (Norfolk)
Relief Pitchers
Owens (Norfolk)	Padilla (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Perez (Norfolk)	Sanchez Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot (On 15-Day Disabled List)	Schmoll (Norfolk)
Infielders		Outfielders
A. Hernandez (Norfolk)	Gotay (Norfolk)	Diaz (Norfolk)

[Zvon]

lightened up gets a special box.

rotflmao

[stevejrogers]

Is there a reason Sanchez wasn't put on the 60 day DL? Is there a limit on the DL placements?

[MFS62]

SteveJRogers wrote: Is there a reason Sanchez wasn't put on the 60 day DL? Is there a limit on the DL placements?

There is a 3 person limit on the number of players that can be on the 60 day DL at one time. Players on that list do not count against a team's 40 man roster.
I think they put him on the 15 day list because they had to do something immediately in order to bring up another player, and it was done before they knew the full extent of his injuries. He can be transferred to the 60 day list if they need to add someone to the 40 man roster.
Later

[duan]

Also (and I'm open to correction here) I think IF a guy is on the 15 day dl on 1st September and you move him to the 60 day dl you can replace him with someone who wasn't on the 25 man roster on the playoff roster.

So, you could have Mike Pelfrey/Philip Humber as your Game 3 starter even if they're down in the minors on Aug 31st.

[stevejrogers]

duan wrote: Also (and I'm open to correction here) I think IF a guy is on the 15 day dl on 1st September and you move him to the 60 day dl you can replace him with someone who wasn't on the 25 man roster on the playoff roster. So, you could have Mike Pelfrey/Philip Humber as your Game 3 starter even if they're down in the minors on Aug 31st.

Right, thats how Francisco Rodriguez got on the 2002 Angels, and K-Rod was born

[Guest Edgy DC]

August 5th

Placed on Disabled List	Added to 40-Man Roster and Recalled from Norfolk
Catchers
Castro	DiFelice

NEW YORK -- The New York Mets placed reserve catcher Ramon Castro on the disabled list Friday because of a strained side muscle. Catcher Mike DiFelice was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk.
Castro injured himself during batting practice last weekend at Atlanta. He was hitting .239 in 37 games backing up regular Paul Lo Duca.

DiFelice batted .118 in 11 games with the Mets last season. He was hitting .277 in 39 games at Double-A Binghamton before moving up to Norfolk

(It's funny how things work. The guy was hitting .277 in a lousy 39 games with Binghamton up until a week ago. He was promoted to Norfolk only to serve as Mike Pelfrey's caddy, as he had at Binghamton, and had gotten only two at-bats in the week since he joined them. Now he's getting his luggage carried and big-league meal money.)

Starting Pitchers
Glavine	O. Hernandez	Maine	Martinez	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bradford	Feliciano	Heilman	R. Hernandez	Oliver
Relief Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders
Ring	Wagner	DiFelice	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot
Infielders
Franco	Reyes	Valentin	Woodward	Wright
Outfielders
Beltran Tommie Agee Memorial Forceful, Fleet, and Fun Outfielder Roster Slot	Chavez	Floyd	Marrero	Milledge

Others on the 40-Man Roster
Starting Pitchers
Bannister (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Humber (St. Lucie)	Lindstrom (Binghamton)	Pelfrey (Norfolk)	Perez (Norfolk)
Starting Pitchers			Relief Pitchers
Soler (Norfolk)	Williams (Norfolk)	Zambrano (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Bell (Norfolk)	Garcia (Norfolk)
Relief Pitchers
Owens (Norfolk)	Padilla (On 60-Day Disabled List)	Perez (Norfolk)	Sanchez Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot (On 15-Day Disabled List)	Schmoll (Norfolk)
Catchers		Infielders	Outfielders
Castro (on 15-Day Disabled List)	A. Hernandez (Norfolk)	Gotay (Norfolk)	Diaz (Norfolk)

[seawolf17]

Edgy DC wrote: (It's funny how things work. The guy was hitting .277 in a lousy 39 games with Binghamton up until a week ago. He was promoted to Norfolk only to serve as Mike Pelfrey's caddy, as he had at Binghamton, and had gotten only two at-bats in the week since he joined them. Now he's getting his luggage carried and big-league meal money.)

And Pelfrey's back in the minor leagues! Funny indeed.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Related?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Is that really Mike DiFelice? He was never a National, was he?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I guess he went to camp with them, got his picture taken, and the Mets picked him up and sent him to Bingo after he was cut.

[Guest Iubitul]

Edgy DC wrote: Related?

We'd be able to get much better seats if we were....

[Guest Edgy DC]

And he'd get more up-to-date pictures.