Met Limbo

[Guest Edgy DC]

The thread that tracks Mets and Met prospects who have no contract right now, and so could disappear forever at any time.

2007--2008 Mets Major and Minor League Free Agents Blue=Major League Free Agent Orange=Minor League Free Agent
Starting Pitchers
Re-Signed	Still on Market	Signed Away/ Retired
		Tom Glavine (2008: Atlanta)

[Valadius]

Chad Hermansen's listed twice.

[Valadius]

Oh, and the Reds just signed Jon Adkins to a minor league deal.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Not even listed. Must've been cut loose or something.

I'll update tomorrow.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Thought I saw where Williams was going to play in Japan.

[MFS62]

And I think I heard at the end of last season that Conine was going to retire rather than seek a 2008 contract .
Later

[Guest sharpie]

Shouldn't Marlon Anderson be there in the signed column?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I guess so.

Merging several lists, tabling, and posting at 1:35 isn't my strong suit.

I'll update at noonish.

[Guest Edgy DC]

OK, updating. I'll move Conine maybe when there's some act of finality to his retirememt.

Naa, I'll move him now.

2007--2008 Mets Major and Minor League Free Agents Blue=Major League Free Agent Orange=Minor League Free Agent
Starting Pitchers
Re-Signed	Still on Market	Signed Away/ Retired
		Tom Glavine (2008: Atlanta)

[Valadius]

Also, Chip Ambres signed with San Diego.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's right.

That'll cost us a game in the standings right there.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed Away by Washington	Signed Away by San Diego
Catchers	Outfielders
Paul Lo Duca (2008: Washington)	Chip Ambres (2008:San Diego)

We should get a lot of movement coming up, as we're approaching a deadline for tendering contracts.

Ambres' Met legacy may have some of the most concentrated goodness out there.

2007--2008 Mets Major and Minor League Free Agents Blue=Major League Free Agent Orange=Minor League Free Agent
Starting Pitchers
Re-Signed	Still on Market	Signed Away/ Retired
		Tom Glavine (2008: Atlanta)

[Vic Sage]

weren't Brett Harper and Ambiorix Concepcion touted prospects at one point?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Depends on who is touting. Concepcion made the 40-man roster after one good year in Brooklyn meant needing to protect him from the Rule V. But he's been slow to progress since then. He's not a lost cause, but he's had trouble putting together a full seeason, and he's been passed by other outfield prospects.

Harper's what he always was --- a minor league slugger who regularly slugs .500 but leaves scouts wondering if there are too many holes in his swing to translate that to big league performance, and if he doesn't really have a position.

Nobody likes to experiment at first, because it's too easy to find a major leaguer with a history of production that you can park there. Harper is a lot like Craig Brazell, who just got released by the Royals (the Royals!) after hitting 39 homers in 135 minor league games last year, after previously giving a similar jerkaround to Calvin Pickering.

I mean, how married can a team be to the likes of Doug Meintkiewicz and Ross Gload!?

Somebody besides Japan has to give these guys a chance.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed Away by Texas	Signed Away by Philadelphia
Relief Pitchers	Infielders
Corey Ragsdale (2007: Gulf Coast)	Andy Tracy (2008: Philadephia)

2007--2008 Mets Major and Minor League Free Agents Blue=Major League Free Agent Orange=Minor League Free Agent
Starting Pitchers
Re-Signed	Still on Market	Signed Away/ Retired
		Tom Glavine (2008: Atlanta)

[Valadius]

The Mets cut loose Johnny Estrada, Juan Padilla, and Ben Johnson tonight.

[Guest AG/DC]

I'm working on an update at home, but Marcelo Perez got gobbled up by Detroit --- in a huge vaccuming of minor league free agents as they desperately try to re-load their system after dealing off so many prospects --- and seeming Met-for-life Mike DiFelice signed with the Devil Rays.