Round out the Zephyrs

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Mets are reportedly still in the market for some new emergency stock for New Orleans. They supposedly want to grab an experienced catcher (are DiFelice and Reyes getting disrespected?), in case Sandy Alomar, Jr. won't accept a minor league assignment (he said earlier that he wouldn't) and a shortstop with more pop than Anderson Hernandez.

I'm going to go ahead and nominate the recently sent down Blue Jay Russ Adams for the latter job.

Search the scrap heap and help the Mets fill these all important roles!

[metirish]

What's Jason Phillips doing these days?,for whatever reason I have this impression that some veteran players have no desire to go to New Orleans,it can't be that bad there....can it?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Interesting.

JP (no longer begoggled as Bono) is also Blue Jay property. He's currently competing with Sal Fasano for the backup catcher job. We may get a crack at the loser, though neither is hitting a lick.

I'm guessing there's more than a few who don't share your fondness for bringing back Art Howe-era Metlies.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

My limited experience watching Jays games convinced me that Adams isn't capable defensively at SS.

Is this a vote of nonconfidence in Mike Nickeas?

I guess this kind of talk also signals that Anderson Hernandez isn't long for the org. He's doing the No. 1 jersey no favors.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Nickeas is slated for AA. I think they share your concern with looking for anything from Di Felice or Reyes if a catcher goes down.

[MFS62]

In his blog for the Journal News, John Delcos notes that the Mets have signed 32-year-old third baseman Fernando Tatis to a minor league contract.

The Los Angeles Dodgers released Tatis last Wednesday, three days after he failed to report to their minor league camp.

Tatis was a non-roster invitee to Dodger camp, and hit just .158 this spring training, going 3-for-19 in 10 games.

He played in 28 games for the Baltimore Orioles last season, hitting .250 with two homers and eight RBIs.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Dodgers could use Tatis this morning.

I might be 102 years old and if you asked me about Fernando Tatis, I'd sputter out "Two grandslams in one inning! Yessirreee!"

Boy, his career fell off a table in the new millenium.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Fernando originally signed with Texas, and had his greatest run with Montreal. I checked at SABR and guess which scout signed him for Texas?

[metirish]

Didn't Tatis do that with the Expos and hadn't he done it before or something crazy like that?

[metirish]

] Sele: Go north or go home Shortly after his best outing of the spring, Aaron Sele said he'll retire if he doesn't make the Opening Day roster. Sele, 36, signed a minor-league contract, and the Mets hoped he could provide insurance at Triple-A New Orleans. "Totally out of the question," he said. "It's the big-league level or I'll go home." Sele, who allowed two hits and one run in five innings, still has a shot to make the team as a long reliever.

[Guest Edgy DC]

One good outing gets him down to a 6.11 ERA and he's issuing an ultimatum. Nice.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

The hell with him.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Sele signed a minor league contract, dinny?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yup.

If they didn't have room on the 40 for him back in January, what makes him think a 6+ ERA is gonig to get them to clear room on the 25?

He's not standing on very good ground.

[metirish]

Sele can afford to feck off home...

1993 Boston Red Sox $109,000
1994 Boston Red Sox $190,000
1995 Boston Red Sox $292,500
1996 Boston Red Sox $380,000
1997 Boston Red Sox $1,126,000
1998 Texas Rangers $2,850,000
1999 Texas Rangers $5,525,000
2000 Seattle Mariners $7,500,000
2001 Seattle Mariners $7,000,000
2002 Anaheim Angels $7,166,667
2003 Anaheim Angels $8,166,667
2004 Anaheim Angels $8,666,667
2005 Seattle Mariners $700,000
Career (may be incomplete) $49,672,501

[Frayed Knot]

Anyone remember who Tatis had his 2 Granny inning off? ...

That's right, it was Chan Ho Park!! (what's amazing is that he was still in the game)
Maybe they can re-create that feat down in Zephyrland.
I remember FT as mostly a feast or famine type of guy. Doubt we'll see him in Met-land unless it's under some unusual circumstances.

Sele signed a minor league deal simply because there was no reason to sign him to anything else. But I think he was up front all along that he was fighting for a ML job - either here or by attracting enough attention to get one some place else.- and that it was all or nothing.
This statement sounds like it just makes official what was pretty much expected all along.

[Guest Edgy DC]

See, I don't expect him to be fighting for anything less than a big league job. The ridiculous part is his seeming expectation that he's done what he needed to do to win it.

[seawolf17]

FK, you didn't give us a chance to guess... I knew it was Park.

Fernando Tatis' career falling off the table = roids? You hate to just assume that, but...

I don't know that Sele issued it as an ultimatum, per se; he's just saying he feels like he's reached a level where he shouldn't have to linger in AAA. No big whoop. Seeya, Aaron.

[Frayed Knot]

]The ridiculous part is his seeming expectation that he's done what he needed to do to win it.

I don't see where he's said that, or even implied it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

You don't see "Totally out of the question; it's the big-league level or I'll go home" as having an implicit demand to go north?

I suppose it doesn't have to be read that way, but it's sure hanging out there. I guess we need more context.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

It could also be interpreted as, "If I'm no longer good enough to pitch in the big leagues, then it's time to go home."

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: You don't see "Totally out of the question," he said. "It's the big-league level or I'll go home" as having an implicit demand to go north?

No.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hey, thanks for the elaborate answer.

[Frayed Knot]

OK - what Yancy said.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Zephyrs roster includes Sandy Alomar Jr.:

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&cid=588&stn=true&sid=t588

Three catchers on the roster and they're all over 30.

Pitchers
Num  Name  Pos  Bat  Thw  Ht  Wt  Age  DOB
 Blake McGinley P R L 6' 1" 175 28 08-02-1978
17 Willie Collazo P L L 5' 9" 175 27 11-07-1979
45 Ivan Maldonado P R R 6' 3" 210 26 06-07-1980
33 Clint Nageotte P R R 6' 3" 225 26 10-25-1980
 Lino Urdaneta P R R 6' 1" 170 27 11-20-1979
38 Steve Schmoll P R R 6' 3" 220 27 02-04-1980
40 Jose Santiago P R R 6' 3" 225 32 11-05-1974
72 Adam Bostick P L L 6' 1" 220 24 03-17-1983
43 Jason Vargas P L L 6' 0" 215 24 02-02-1983
31 Jorge Sosa P R R 6' 2" 175 29 04-28-1977
61 Chan Ho Park P R R 6' 2" 210 33 06-30-1973
39 Jon Adkins P L R 6' 0" 200 29 08-30-1977
49 Philip Humber P R R 6' 4" 210 24 12-21-1982
Catchers
Num  Name  Pos  Bat  Thw  Ht  Wt  Age  DOB
 Mike DiFelice C R R 6' 2" 200 37 05-28-1969
25 Sandy Alomar C R R 6' 3" 235 40 06-18-1966
 Robinson Cancel C R R 6' 0" 195 30 05-04-1976
Infielders
Num  Name  Pos  Bat  Thw  Ht  Wt  Age  DOB
29 Andy Tracy 3B L R 6' 3" 220 33 12-11-1973
8 Fernando Tatis 3B R R 5' 10" 195 32 01-01-1975
1 Anderson Hernandez 2B S R 5' 9" 170 24 10-30-1982
6 Ruben Gotay 2B S R 5' 11" 190 24 12-25-1982
9 Jason Alfaro 3B R R 5' 9" 210 29 11-29-1977
Outfielders
Num  Name  Pos  Bat  Thw  Ht  Wt  Age  DOB
7 Chip Ambres OF R R 6' 1" 200 27 12-19-1979
4 Ben Johnson LF R R 6' 1" 220 25 06-18-1981
 Ricky Ledee OF L L 6' 1" 225 33 11-22-1973
23 Jesus Feliciano OF L L 6' 0" 174 27 06-06-1979
61 Carlos Gomez CF R R 6' 4" 195 21 12-04-1985

[Guest 86-Dreamer]

Who's on First?

Is Michel Abreu still in the system?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Good question! Who IS on first in New Orleans?

Here's Binghamton. It's where we can find young catchers. And TWO first basemen.

Pitchers
Num  Name  Pos  Bat  Thw  Ht  Wt  Age  DOB
33 Ryan Cullen P L L 6' 2" 204 27 01-20-1980
54 Robert Paulk P R R 5' 11" 175 26 03-14-1981
11 Michael Devaney P R R 6' 4" 220 24 07-31-1982
22 Kevin Mulvey P R R 6' 1" 175 21 05-26-1985
2 Brandon Nall P R R 6' 4" 190 25 03-18-1982
 Tim McNab P R R 6' 0" 175 26 06-04-1980
-- Marcos Carvajal P R R 6' 4" 175 22 08-19-1984
 Salvador Aguilar P R R 6' 0" 190 25 01-09-1982
 Ricardo Morales P L L 6' 1" 170 23 12-09-1983
 Carlos Muniz P R R 6' 1" 180 26 03-12-1981
 Marcelo Perez P R R 6' 1" 166 26 10-10-1980
 Jose Sanchez P R R 6' 0" 170 22 05-12-1984
Catchers
Num  Name  Pos  Bat  Thw  Ht  Wt  Age  DOB
4 Mike Nickeas C R R 6' 0" 205 24 02-13-1983
 Jose A Reyes C S R 5' 11" 180 24 02-26-1983
Infielders
Num  Name  Pos  Bat  Thw  Ht  Wt  Age  DOB
24 Corey Ragsdale SS R R 6' 4" 175 24 11-10-1982
-- Brett Harper 1B L R 6' 4" 185 25 07-31-1981
10 Wilson Batista SS S R 6' 0" 170 26 02-07-1981
11 Enrique Cruz 2B R R 5' 10" 185 25 07-13-1981
 Mike Carp 1B L R 6' 2" 195 20 06-30-1986
 Jose Coronado SS S R 6' 1" 175 20 04-13-1986
 Mark Kiger 2B R R 5' 10" 190 26 05-30-1980
Outfielders
Num  Name  Pos  Bat  Thw  Ht  Wt  Age  DOB
4 Ambiorix Concepcion OF R R 6' 2" 180 25 03-19-1982
 Nic Jackson OF L R 6' 3" 200 27 09-25-1979
 Fernando Martinez OF L R 6' 0" 185 18 10-10-1988
 Miguel Negron OF L L 6' 2" 170 24 08-22-1982
 Caleb Stewart OF R R 6' 2" 230 24 06-11-1982

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Here's what a New Orleans baseball cap looks like. I never bought a Tides cap because I always thought they were ugly. So I checked out what a Zephyrs cap looks like. Better, but I'm still not tempted.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Those rosters may be a bit preliminary.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

The St. Lucie roster included Mike Pelfrey. I don't know if it's a 2006 roster that hasn't been updated yet, or if they're parking him on that roster for the first couple of weeks.