Who gets crunched?

[RealityChuck]

Adam Rubin is pointing out that the Mets are facing a 40-man roster crunch.

Eight players have to be moved from the 60-day disabled list soon: Ike Davis, Josh Edgin, Matt Harvey, Jeremy Hefner, Jenrry Mejia, Bobby Parnell, Scott Rice and Johan Santana.

The team also has only eight free agents: David Aardsma, Tim Byrdak, Pedro Feliciano, Frank Francisco, Aaron Harang, LaTroy Hawkins, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Santana.

In addition, the team has several players that they have to add to the 40-man roster or be lost in the Rule 5 draft: Jacob deGrom, Steven Matz, Darin Gorski, Jeff Walters and Cory Vaughn among others.

Rubin lists Jordany Valdespin, Scott Atchison, Greg Burke, Robert Carson, Sean Henn, Zach Lutz, Mike Baxter, Andrew Brown and Kirk Nieuwenhuis as the ones most likely to go.

So . . . who should stay and who should go? Who won't be on the 40-man roster by the time of the Rule 5 draft in December?

[Edgy MD]

I'm not quite sure how to vote, as there are free agents on the list who, if they get major league deals, certainly won't do so before the Rule V draft.

Valdespin, Atchy, Burke, Carson, Henn --- these guys will certainly be transferred soon. Lutz and Baxter are on the bubble too. Maybe Brownie. I'd probably draft at least one of them, though, probably Lutz.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

All teams have a 40-man roster crunch after the WS is complete, just to be clear.

I think it probably is the end for Niuewenhuis, Carson, Burke, Byrdak, Feliciano, Valdespin, Henn for starters.

Edgin? Who knows. Has not made the kind of progress they'd hoped.

[MFS62]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I think it probably is the end for Niuewenhuis, Carson, Burke, Byrdak, Feliciano, Valdespin, Henn for starters. Edgin? Who knows. Has not made the kind of progress they'd hoped.

I voted that Edgin stays, the rest go. My thinking was that Byrdak is getting long in tooth, coming off injury. They can probably re-sign Feliciano. Henn has no real track record of success. Carson is a AAA pitcher at best. There are no lefty relievers ready in the minors. So Josh stays by default. Maybe with Scott Rice.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Let's be certain. There's nothing to vote on with regard the likes of Byrd and Felciano. They're free agents, not gonna be on the roster, and during a recent survey, none out of none teams stated that they would resign them to a major league deal.

[Lefty Specialist]

I think Jordany Valdespin needs the Chapter VIII solution.

[Vic Sage]

I gave my predictions in the roster thread:

Projected 40-man roster so far (x = 25-man roster):
SP [7] -
x-Niese
x-Wheeler
x-Gee
x-Mejia
x-Matsuzaka
Matt Harvey (60-man DL)
Jeremy Hefner (60-man DL)
RP [8] -
x-Parnell
x-Black
x-Familia
x-Torres
x-Edgin (L)
x-Rice (L)
x-German
Robles
C [3]-
x-d`Anaud
x-Recker
Centeno
IF [8]-
x-Wright
x-Davis
x-Murphy
x-Tejada
x-Satin
x-Turner
Flores
Tovar
OF [6] -
x-Lagares
x-Young
x-Duda
x-Brown
x-DenDekker
Puello

minor leaguers added [5]:
Steven Matz (LSP)
Jacob deGrom (RSP)
Darin Gorski (LRP)
Jeff Walters (RRP)
Cory Vaughn (OF)

FAs not re-signed [6]:
Harang
Hawkins
Aardsma
Byrdak
Feliciano
Francisco

Players who get "crunched" [9]:
Santana (buyout)
Henn (released)
Atchison (non-tendered)
Quintanilla (non-tendered)
Burke (optioned)
Carson (optioned)
Baxter (optioned)
Valdespin (optioned)
Nieuwenheis (optioned)

TOTAL ROSTER = 37 [35, when Harvey and Hefner go back on 60-DL)

Guys still on the "crunch" bubble:
Matsuzaka [FA]
Hefner
Edgin
Rice
Germen
Robles
Recker
Centeno
Davis
Duda
Turner
Lutz
Tovar
Brown
den Dekker

Other notable "Rule V-eligible" minor leaguers:
Goeddel
Ceciliani
Cesa
Maron
Kolarek
Huchingson
A.Rodriguez
Dykstra
Bennett
Sandoval
Cohoon

note: you left Quintanilla off your poll list