2006 25-Man Roster

[Guest Edgy DC]

A $500,000 buyout is a good payday. Sad to see him go. His may be the last good Mets mullet for a while.

Graves is already listed as a "potential free agent." I guess I can change all the potentials to actuals even though Graves and Anderson are the only ones to declare so far.

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

[MFS62]

12:08 AM EDT... News: Piazza Officially a Free Agent
Associated Press.
Mike Piazza officially filed for free agency.

Also of note, the Mets declined the $5 million option for Danny Graves, electing, instead, to pay the $500,000 buyout making him a free agent�

Marlon Anderson also filed for free agency�

Also eligible to become free agents are Braden Looper, Steve Trachsel, Miguel Cairo, Roberto Hernandez, Felix Heredia, Doug Mientkiewicz, Jose Offerman and Gerald Williams�

Looper, Trachsel, Mientkiewicz and Heredia all have 2006 options, which can be exercised by the team�

�it is widely believed the team will pass on all options except Trachsel�s, which is for &7 million�


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Looks like Woodward is not eligible for free agency; he must have signed a more-than-one-year contract last year.

Later

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

MFS62 wrote: 12:08 AM EDT... News: Piazza Officially a Free Agent Associated Press. Mike Piazza officially filed for free agency. Also of note, the Mets declined the $5 million option for Danny Graves, electing, instead, to pay the $500,000 buyout making him a free agent� Marlon Anderson also filed for free agency� Also eligible to become free agents are Braden Looper, Steve Trachsel, Miguel Cairo, Roberto Hernandez, Felix Heredia, Doug Mientkiewicz, Jose Offerman and Gerald Williams� Looper, Trachsel, Mientkiewicz and Heredia all have 2006 options, which can be exercised by the team� �it is widely believed the team will pass on all options except Trachsel�s, which is for &7 million� ******************************************************************************* Looks like Woodward is not eligible for free agency; he must have signed a more-than-one-year contract last year. Later

Didn't we hear somewhere that Trachsel's option was for $2.5 million?

I thought that $2.5 was pretty low. It seems more likely that his option would be for 7.

[Guest Edgy DC]

This list includes Woodie.

They also forgot Mike DiFelice.

[smg58]

Has Woodward passed six full seasons as a major leaguer? To put it another way, was he a free agent last year because he had reached six seasons, or was he non-tendered? That would matter because if he hasn't reached six years, then the Mets would still control him even if he's not under contract.

[Frayed Knot]

I'd be surprised if Woodward was inked to a 2-year deal. What would have been the point in that?
What is quite possible is that he's not a FA because he doesn't have his full 6 years in yet. He's played in pieces of 7 seasons but that might not add up to 6 full.

*(opps - cross-posted with smg58)


Trachsel's option is probably for a $2.5 minimum but could be as much as $7+ with incentives and stuff. I heard last night that he was among the early group filing for FA-gency.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Picked Up	Bumped Out
Trachsel	Ring

Well, the complexities of off-season roster jugglage will soon rear it's head. Meantime, Trachsel being picked up is most immediately bad news for Zambrano, who is moved to the bullpen (at least on paper, for now), and for Bell, who is moved out (at least on paper, for now).

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Seo	Trachsel
Relief Pitchers
Bell	Hamulack	Heilman	Ishii	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 holychicken]

Soler is now officially in the US which might impact our roster for next year. This is one of those players I don't know what to think about. Will he be any good? How will he compare to Contreras? What does he even look like?

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051031&content_id=32358&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

[Guest sharpie]

Cameron, Fortunato and Yates all offa the d.l.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Activated
Relief Pitchers			Infielders	Outfielders
Fortunato	Heredia (Currently Under 10-Day Suspension) (Team Option)	Yates	Keppinger	Cameron Tommie Agee Memorial Forceful, Fleet, and Fun Outfielder Roster Slot

Yeah, I guess it's not allowed that you can hide guys on the DL all offseason, and therefore get to exceed your allotment of protected guys on the 40. Thanks.

Googling, I learn that Keppinger and Heredia have also been removed from the DL, but nothing about Heredia's option being declined. Mets standing by their man, for another day, at least.

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

[MFS62]

Chalk up another addition to the 40 man roster. (Its been so long he's the forgotten man.)

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051031&content_id=32358&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

Later

[Elster88]

Should Benson get the Ron Darling memorial skinny, pretty boy starter who gets it on with hot women? Does he wear his hat on his off-days?

[MFS62]

Elster88 wrote: Should Benson get the Ron Darling memorial skinny, pretty boy starter who gets it on with hot women? Does he wear his hat on his off-days?

That migh tbe a tad too long for Edgy to fit under the player picture.
Care to shorten it?

LAter

[Elster88]

I'll leave it to the editor himself if he decides to use it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't think he's on the roster.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Elster88 wrote: Should Benson get the Ron Darling memorial skinny, pretty boy starter who gets it on with hot women? Does he wear his hat on his off-days?

Um, no.

Ron Darling had it all - looks, brains, an All Star ring, a World Series ring.

Not to dis Kristen, but he's NO Ron Darling!

[Elster88]

Edgy DC wrote: I don't think he's on the roster.

Benson's not on the roster?

[MFS62]

About Soler- I used Google and Yahoo search, and got lots of hits, but no specific contract terms.

I think I had read that when he defected his initial deal with his old agent called for him to sign a major league contract. Since that time, he has been on the restricted list, which I think is a major league only vehicle for players already under contract.

The new "official" contract he just signed is estimated at 3 years, $2.0+ million. None of the articles I found specify whether this one was a major or minor league contract. But at those bucks, his age, and the similarity with featured Cuban exile players, I would think its a major league deal.

We'll know when the rosters have to be finalized prior to the Rule V Draft.


Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed
http://www.charlenelockwood.com/Images/Soler.jpg Soler	http://i.a.cnn.net/si/images/baseball/mlb/players/5820.jpg Perisho

[MFS62]

Does a player on drug suspension qualify for the Grant Roberts Memorial Roster Spot?

Nahhh, maybe not.

But seriously, does that player count against the 40 man roster? Can they release the player while on suspension?
I have no answers to those questions.
Anybody know?

Later

[Guest sharpie]

I'm 99% sure that a player on suspension can be released. I recall that exactly that has happened but I can't remember to who it applied.

[MFS62]

But this may be a unique situation. His suspension doesn't stsrt until the first 10 games of next season, so he's no "oficially" suspended until then. It could have roster implications when the Mets have to protect some youngsters from the Rule V Draft. That's why I asked.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

He's not even under contract for next season yet.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Options Bought Out:
Heredia (Currently Under 10-Day Suspension) (Option Bought Out)	Ishii (Option Bought Out)

Two guys are bought out, but Ishii, lacking the requiisitie service time, remains in the Mets control, and therefore the bullpen, for the time being.

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

[MFS62]

Edgy, as mentioned before, I haven't seen Woodward's name on any of the FA eligible lists. I'm not sure if this is because he signed a two year deal last year, or if he doesn't have the requisite time in the majors to be eligible for free agency. He may just be arbitration eligible, but still Met property.
Do you have a source I may not have seen?

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, i did post a link where I thought he was, but now I'm not finding him there.

[Elster88]

Suggested Tagline:

Benson Ron Darling Memorial Skinny, Pretty Boy Starter Who Gets it On With Hot Women Roster Slot

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think we'll reserve memorial slots for the dead.

Ron Darling is still living out his legacy.

[Elster88]

Ah, I see.

The word memorial could be taken out, too, no?

Eh, nevermind. It's not that important to me. Just wanted to play with the tables. How'd you get the text to wrap, BTW? If you click quote you'll be able to see the code I pirated.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Two ways to trigger a wrap. One is to put a break (br) tag everywhere you want the imaginary carriage to return. The other --- and easier --- way is to set the width of the cell to the width of the image or smaller (td width=90).

Suggested Tagline:

Benson Ron Darling Memorial Skinny, Pretty Boy Starter Who Gets it On With Hot Women Roster Slot