Movement on the Mets All-Time Games Played By Position Lists

[Guest Edgy DC]

We're being pretty impulsive.

A few days ago, Mets fans were treating Perez like a disease.

[metirish]

Could the Mets say that Trax is injured and replace him with Williams?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Not during the NLCS.

The roster was frozen at 10 a.m. last Wednesday. If any players get injured, the Mets (or Cardinals) will have to muddle through without a replacement for them.

[MFS62]

metirish wrote: Could the Mets say that Trax is injured and replace him with Williams?

I just had a Charley Finley flashback.

Later

[Vic Sage]

]He said he was just missing the strike zone with his pitches, thus explaining the many walks

yep, that'll do it every time.

[Gwreck]

...but for the WS (continuing the discussion from above) they don't even need to claim an injury for Williams to replace Trachsel.

[metirish]

So then if El Duque is ready do they need to drop a pitcher to get him on the roster?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

No, I don't think so, because he was active on August 31.

They could drop a position player.

If they wanted to get a non-August 31 guy, like Milledge or Humber, for example, they'd have to have an injured player to drop.

But the Mets could add Orlando Hernandez and drop whoever they wanted, position player or pitcher.

(I think the logical choice would be Anderson Hernandez, but who knows?)

[Gwreck]

="metirish"]So then if El Duque is ready do they need to drop a pitcher to get him on the roster?

No. They can just drop A. Hernandez if they want.

Anyone who was on the 25-man as of Aug. 31 can be moved on/off without a problem.

Anyone who was on the 40-man (but not 25-man) and isn't already on the roster needs an injury to get on.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Also, remember that the Mets added Anderson Hernandez to the NLCS roster and dropped Royce Ring. So we've already seen them swap a position player for a pitcher.

[Gwreck]

A minute too slow. Great minds, blah blah blah...

[Valadius]

Andy Hernandy is the most obvious choice to drop.

[metirish]

I think it would be a ballsy move to drop Trax and replace him with Williams or El Duque....

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

="Valadius"]Andy Hernandy is the most obvious choice to drop.

Yes, unless Floyd's ankle (or heel, or whatever) is in such bad shape that they don't expect him to be able to play. In that case, though, I'd drop Anderson and Cliff and add Orlando and Lastings.

[Gwreck]

I wouldn't necessarily mind seeing Williams and El Duque added to the roster. Drop Trachsel and Hernandez. No need for the extra player, with the DH in 4 of the 7 games.

[Valadius]

It's probably the right move, at this point. Trachsel's head is somewhere else right now.

[metirish]

I can't imagine it would be a very comfortable meeting for Willie,especially if Trax is not injured....

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

This discussion has nothing to do with the thread title, does it? That initial long post by Steve has been virtually ignored.

Anyway, I hope we're not getting too far ahead of ourselves here talking about the World Series roster.

There's still a lot of doing to do before we'll even know if such decisions need to be made.

[Valadius]

I think Willie would realize that Doo-K is an upgrade over Trachsel.

[metirish]

You're right Yancy..enough of this talk already,sucks that we have perfect baseball weather here in NY but it's crap in St.Louis.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

metirish wrote: I can't imagine it would be a very comfortable meeting for Willie,especially if Trax is not injured....

Probably not. But if they determine that that's the best move, then that's the move you make.

I don't know that Williams will give you much more than Trachsel would. I'd be inclined to keep Trachsel if Williams is the best alternative.