Who Moved Their Cheese?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I've found 41 Mets and former Mets players who were active in the major leagues in 2004 but did not play at that level in 2005. Some, like Ventura, Alomar, and Zeile, have officially retired. Others we know are still toiling away, trying to return. But I'll bet a bunch of the others have now started to fade away, and are resigned to a life in the real world.

Here's the list. If any of us know anything about the fate of some of these players, or wish to post some parting thoughts, this would be the place to do it.

Roberto Alomar
Kevin Appier
Mike Bacsik
Rigo Beltran
Toby Borland
Darren Bragg
Craig Brazell
Brian Buchanan
Mark Corey
Jeff D'Amico
Wilson Delgado
Jeff Duncan
Alex Escobar
Pedro Feliciano
Brook Fordyce
Bartolome Fortunato
Danny Garcia
Karim Garcia
Dicky Gonzalez
Raul Gonzalez
Jeremy Griffiths
Ricky Gutierrez
Shane Halter
Joe Hietpas
Bobby Jones
Jeff Keppinger
Josias Manzanillo
Brent Mayne
Orber Moreno
Rey Ord��ez
Jos� Parra
Grant Roberts
David Segui
Esix Snead
Shane Spencer
Robin Ventura
Fernando Vina
Turk Wendell
Tom Wilson
Tyler Yates
Todd Zeile

[soupcan]

What's up with the homage to Grote?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Not my doing. I have a feeling it'll switch to somebody else when I hit 7,750 posts.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Auditioning for the Mets come spring training will be Craig Brazell, Pedro Feliciano, Bartolome Fortunato. Joe Hietpas, Jeff Keppinger, and Jos� Parra.

[DocTee]

Darren Bragg: BOSOX Spring training Non-Roster Invitee

[Guest cooby]

Good thing, since your Yancy Street guy seems to break down a lot.

I have Rey Ordonez on my Google updates (really!) and though he wanted to come back to the majors this year, it doesn't look like he made it. I think that's the end of his story

[MFS62]

Grant Roberts' quest to make it back to the majors is probably just a pipe dream.

Later

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Have David Segui, Fernando Vina, Rigo Beltran, and Toby Borland reached the end of the line?

Is Grant Roberts still hanging in there? What about Mark Corey?

I also noticed that both of the Whiz Kids, Garcia and Spencer, are on that list. Are they still peeing in parking lots, or have they been forced to resort to urinals like us common folk?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Turk Wendell went to spring training with the Astros last spring, but didn't make the Major League roster. He opted to retire rather than go to Triple A and take a spot away from a youngster. He was inducted into the Berkshire County Baseball Hall of Fame last fall.