Seniority List

[Frayed Knot]

Considering those returning players who are probables for this year's 25-man roster, we go into the year w/a 24 y/o as the one with the most continous service time on the team and only 4 who were Mets prior to opening day '05:

2008 NYM Seniority
PLAYER	1st NYM Game
Pedro Feliciano	*Sept 4, 2002
Jose Reyes	June 10, 2003
Aaron Heilman	June 26, 2003
David Wringht	July 21, 2004
Pedro Martinez	April 4, 2005
Carlos Beltran	April 4, 2005
Ramon Castro	April 7, 2005
Billy Wagner	April 3, 2006
Carlos Delgado	April 3, 2006
Endy Chavez	April 6, 2006
John Maine	May 2, 2006
Orlando Hernandez	May 26, 2006
Mike Pelfrey	August 8, 2006
Oliver Perez	August 26, 2006
Moises Alou	April 1, 2007
Joe Smith	April 1, 2007
Scott Schoeneweis	April 3, 2007
Jorge Sosa	May 5, 2007
Jose Castillo	July 31, 2007

* time not continous, wasn't on 2005 team.

[Guest sharpie]

Luis, not Jose Castillo.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I would never have pegged Ramon Castro to be a guy who would one day be starting his fourth year with the Mets.

[Guest AG/DC]

Feliciano is a fun case. He appears, when you look at his record, to be a continuous Met. In fact he's been lost once to the Tigers on winter waivers, where he was reclaimed after the Tiggs released him from camp, and signed once by the Fukuoka Hawks where he played for a year.

So, by one definition, he's a Met lifer, and by another definition, he's the only three-time Met in history.

[Frayed Knot]

sharpie wrote: Luis, not Jose Castillo.

Yeah, him too.

[Gwreck]

According to Ben Shipgel, Aaron Heilman's seniority finally paid off as he got his own reserved parking place in Port St. Lucie. (I seem to recall he was miffed that he didn't get one last year).

[stevejrogers]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I would never have pegged Ramon Castro to be a guy who would one day be starting his fourth year with the Mets.

Then again, that does seem to be the norm for Met backup backstops through the years.