2006 25-Man Roster

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, Bradfrod is defniitely ahead of Bell on salary and Padilla ahead of him on 2005 performance.

[Vic Sage]

Well, if Bradford's guaranteed, then Bell is competing against Padilla, Parra, shmoll, wylie and fortunato for that RHed slot. I still think he's got more upside than any of them.

as for chavez, redman and diaz: they need to keep one of the LHed CFers, not both. And if Diaz is traded, its because Nady made him expendable and because Diaz has the most trade value of this little group.

I'd have preferred they signed Preston Wilson for RF (he's a homeboy! and could've backed up CF), and traded Diaz or Nady as part of a package to upgrade our starting pitching.

[Elster88]

Vic Sage wrote: I'd have preferred they signed Preston Wilson for RF (he's a homeboy! and could've backed up CF), and traded Diaz or Nady as part of a package to upgrade our starting pitching.

I'm not a huge Wilson fan, but I would've liked this. Wilson is fairly cheap, too, no? Sage for GM.

I don't think Diaz is going to pan out. He seems more Huskey than Strawberry to me. I hope I'm wrong.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I can't add Pelfrey until I see who is removed from the 40-man. Baby makes 41.

Who goes through waivers? I'm guessing Fortunato.

Pitchers (22) Brian Bannister Heath Bell Kris Benson Chad Bradford Bartolome Fortunato Anderson Garcia Tom Glavine Aaron Heilman Philip Humber Matt Lindstrom Pedro Martinez Henry Owens Juan Padilla Michael Pelfrey Juan Perez Royce Ring Duaner Sanchez Steve Schmoll Steve Trachsel Billy Wagner Mitch Wylie Victor Zambrano

Catchers (2) Ramon Castro Paul Lo Duca

Infielders (10) Aarom Baldiris Carlos Delgado Julio Franco Anderson Hernandez Jeff Keppinger Kazuo Matsui Jose Reyes Jose Valentin Chris Woodward David Wright

Outfielders (7) Carlos Beltran Endy Chavez Victor Diaz Cliff Floyd Xavier Nady Angel Pagan Tike Redman

[Frayed Knot]

That Ring was exposed to the Rule 5 draft means he was removed at some point.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I guess so. I get a mixed read on whether Ring was left exposed.

[Vic Sage]

Does anybody have any info on these relievers:

Anderson Garcia
Henry Owens
Juan Perez

and how did they came to be on the 40?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Added before the Rule V draft as their stock was rising.

Owens is an apparently late-blooming righthander who has consistently struck out over 12 per nine. This year at St. Lucie he retarded his walk rate somwhat and got an invite to the AFL after an injury opened up a slot. The Mets got him in the minor league version of the Rule V draft a few yars back. He's relieved exclusively.

Anderson Garcia was part of the Yankee price for Armando Benitez and had a Jeckle-and-Hyde year (I think) for Bingo in 2005, finishing with a 4.97 ERA. I think the second half was the good part, for what that's worth.

Can't tell you much about Perez.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Hochster talks with Henry.

Kevin Czerwinski profiles Anderson.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed	Removed from 40
Starting Pitchers	Relief Pitchers
Pelfrey	Ring

OK, a week or so since the Pelfrey signing and the Mets site still shows 41 men on the 40-man roster, so I'm concluding that Ring is indeed no longer on the 40, but I'm still including him as the favorite in a wide open field to make the Mets out of camp as he still appears to be second on the organizational depth chart among relieving lefties.

Is it me, or does Schmoll have one sloppy looking cut-and-paste job going for a Mets hat? At least they didn't cut his head off like they did to poor Danny Graves.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Trachsel	Zambrano
Relief Pitchers
Bradford	Heilman	Padilla	Ring Not Currently on 40-Man Roster	Sanchez
Relief Pitchers	Catchers		Infielders
Wagner Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot	Franco

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I musta missed the announcement, but Eric Valent has been invited to camp by the Padres.

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060112&content_id=1294821&vkey=pr_sd&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd

[Gwreck]

Looking over the list, how is it possible that Sanchez is not the McGraw memorial goofy reliever?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Good point.

Wagner inherited the mantle from Shngo Takatsu --- primarily based on (a) being the top dog, ( being a lefty, and © hanging out with these:


But he seems mostly business on the mound. What say the forum? I'll poll it.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

No need for a poll at this point. Sanchez is your man.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed	Demoted
Relief Pitchers
Iriki	Ring

The Mets have a couple of different types of roster crunches here. Firstly, with the addition of Iriki, their site has 42 guys on the 40-man roster. Frayed Knot suggested, probably correctly, that Ring was incorrectly placed there, after having previously been reported to have been exposed during the Rule V draft. But who else should be removed now that Iriki is on the roster? I'm guessing Fortunato, but I've heard nuttin'.

Second, squeezing Iriki in there (and I assume they signed him to take him north), means squeezing out either Padilla, who is hard to lock out after last year's performance, or Ring, the current best candidate for the second lefty out of the bullpen/LOOGy role. I dumped ring, as his non-roster status says they Mets aren't as serious about him as some others, lefty or no.

Third, such a bullpen arrangement also has no rooom for Mitch Wylie, who the Mets have to carry on the 25 if they are to retain him.

Fourth, there is also the conflict of carrying Victor Diaz, who --- while no Kevin Mitchell --- certainly suggests he deserves to be carried no matter what kind of spring he has, over Tike Redman, who is out of options and fills a role very similar to that of Endy Chavez.

In short, there's not a lot of versatility the way the Mets have it set up. They have three young secondbaseman on the verge, but, in signing three veteran infield reserves to major league contracts, left no room for any of them.

None of this matters a tike, though, if they're willing to put guys through waivers and accept any risk that entails.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Trachsel	Zambrano
Relief Pitchers
Bradford	Heilman	Iriki	Padilla	Sanchez
Relief Pitchers	Catchers		Infielders
Wagner Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot	Franco

[MFS62]

It interesting that after bringing in Tike, Nady and Chavez, Angel Pagan remains on the 40 man roster, while Edgy is scratching his head trying to figure out who has been cut.
Don't teams have to announce those things any more?

Later

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Well, looks like Aarom Baldiris was the guy they tried to sneak through waivers. Mets got bit on the nuts.

http://texas.rangers.mlb.com

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Well, that sucks.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I swear, you turn your back for just an instant and before you know it some twisted bastard has taken off with your kid. The world's going to hell, I tell you.

Best of luck in Texas Aarom. I can only hope that he will someday triumphantly return, a prodigal son, to man second base for the Mets.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Seems like being a second baseman in the Mets org today is either the best or worst opportunity of a lifetime.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Lost on Waivers

Infielders

Baldiris

Seems to be like Fortunato would have been a better stealth choice, as he's missed a year, and nobody has health reports on him but the Mets. But I think the general wisdom in such cases is position players are easier to sneak through because there are always teams with openings for pitchers.

It's a shame (with his cool name and all), but in the last year and a half three guys have passed him on the depth chart, and, in it's way, this allows them playing time for all three this year.

Still, Iriki better be worth it. HIs song is worth the 750 Gs, but costing them Baldiris will take something more. And don't say a rap, because that won't do it.

Starting Pitchers
Benson	Glavine	Martinez	Trachsel	Zambrano
Relief Pitchers
Bradford	Heilman	Iriki	Padilla	Sanchez
Relief Pitchers	Catchers		Infielders
Wagner Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot	Franco

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sent to Baltimore	Acquired from Baltimore		Signed to Minor League Deal
Starting Pitchers		Relief Pitchers
Benson	Maine	Julio	Venafro

The deal isn't quite done. In dealing one player for two, it looks like the Mets will have to try and get some other guy through waivers.

Starting Pitchers
Glavine	Heilman	Martinez	Trachsel	Zambrano
Relief Pitchers
Bradford	Julio	Iriki	Padilla	Sanchez
Relief Pitchers	Catchers		Infielders
Wagner Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot	Franco

[Guest Edgy DC]

The amazing thing is that Jorge Julio's planetoid makes Ramon Castro's formerly impressive pumpkin look like an ordinary everyday head.

[MFS62]

Roster relief.
One mystery solved.
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=nym

Bye Bye Angel Pagan.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Designated for Assignment

Outfielders

Pagan

Not gone yet, but rather in procedural Limbo.

I might as well take this blank space to repeat my opinion that Fortunato is better waiver risk and that Schmoll has a terrible photoshop job on his hat.

Starting Pitchers
Glavine	Heilman	Martinez	Trachsel	Zambrano
Relief Pitchers
Bradford	Julio	Iriki	Padilla	Sanchez
Relief Pitchers	Catchers		Infielders
Wagner Tug McGraw Memorial Goofy Reliever Roster Slot	Castro	Lo Duca	Delgado Donn Clendenon Memorial Slugging Firstbaseman Roster Slot	Franco

[A Boy Named Seo]

Bradford's Photochop isn't much better than Schmoll's.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Adoption by Willets Point is looking rather unlike a good luck charm, isn't it?

[Elster88]

Edgy DC wrote: The amazing thing is that Jorge Julio's planetoid makes Ramon Castro's formerly impressive pumpkin look like an ordinary everyday head.

Glad to know we added another fat boy to the team.

[MFS62]

Edgy,
full list of invitees to spring training.

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060125&content_id=1300350&vkey=pr_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Too much work to add all the NRIs now, but the Mets site is now listing Royce Ring as a roster member and Tike Redman as not.

Rafael Cova is listed as both.