The All-NRI team

[Edgy MD]

The best players in Mets history who started out as non-roster free agents. Help me out here.

1) ..., cf
2) Valentin, 2b
3) Byrd, rf
4) Tatis, 3b
5) .., 1b
6) ..., lf
7) Pratt, c
8) ... , ss

Dickey, sp
... , sp
... , sp
... , sp

... , rp
... , rp
... , rp
... , rp

[stevejrogers]

Tony Clark at first.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I don't how to check NRIness. Rick Reed?

[Edgy MD]

Use your memory, and cross check with the Google, I guess. Tony Clark checks out. Good one. The record's a little more ambiguous with Reed, but it looks like, yeah, he came in on a minor league deal.

1) ..., cf
2) Valentin, 2b
3) Byrd, rf
4) Tatis, 3b
5) Clark, 1b
6) ..., lf
7) Pratt, c
8) ... , ss

Dickey, sp
Reed, sp
... , sp
... , sp

... , rp
... , rp
... , rp
... , rp

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

How soon we forget.



Any other RFs come to mind?

Over to the mound... Chris Young? Figueroa?

[Edgy MD]

I got Byrdie in there already.

Obviously, any number of relievers can qualify. I'm grabbing a righty from 2004 and a lefty from 2006.



Both did well, but neither lasted beyond a year, and so garnered only 1.1 pitching WAR apiece. Surely, we can top that.

1) ..., cf
2) Valentin, 2b
3) Byrd, rf
4) Tatis, 3b
5) Clark, 1b
6) ..., lf
7) Pratt, c
8) ... , ss

Dickey, sp
Reed, sp
Young, sp
... , sp

Botallico, rp
Oliver, rp
... , rp
... , rp

[MFS62]

Doesn't at least one iteration of Jose Feliciano fill that centerfield void?

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