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*Players on the 40-man roster are indicated in BOLD.
*Players who are out of options are indicated with ##
*Players who are injured are indicated with +
*Click on the player's name to see the injury update
*Baseball America '11 pre-season prospect rankings are indicated in BLUE.
*Baseball Prospectus '11 pre-season prospect rankings are indicated in GREEN.
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Buffalo (AAA)/ Binghamton (AA)
St. Lucie (HiA)/ Savannah (LoA)
*40-man roster total (37)
25-MAN ROSTER
Starting Lineup (*indicates left-handed batter **indicates switch-hitter)
1 SS Jose Reyes**
2 LF Willie Harris*
3 3B David Wright
4 RF Carlos Beltran** +
5 CF Angel Pagan**
6 1B Ike Davis*
7 2B Brad Emaus
8 C Josh Thole*
Bench
C Mike Nickeas
IF Chin-lung Hu ##
IF Daniel Murphy*
OF Lucas Duda*
OF Scott Hairston
Starting Rotation
1 RHP Mike Pelfrey
2 LHP Jon Niese
3 RHP R.A. Dickey
4 RHP Chris Young
5 LHP Chris Capuano
Bullpen
CL RHP Francisco Rodriguez
SU RHP Bobby Parnell
SU RHP Taylor Buchholz ##
MID RHP D.J. Carrasco
MID LHP Tim Byrdak
MID RHP Blaine Boyer
LR RHP Pedro Beato
Restricted
C Ronny Paulino + UPDATE 12/7 - suspended 50 games for positive PED test as of Aug. 20th (will miss first eight games of 2011) UPDATE 3/29 - could be placed on DL after reinstated (stomach and colon)
Disabled List
Position Players
OF Jason Bay + UPDATE 3/31 - placed on 15- Day DL, retroactive to March 25 (strained intercostal)
Pitchers
LHP Johan Santana + UPDATE 3/31 - placed on 15-Day DL, retroactive to March 22 (recovery from shoulder surgery)
Designated for Assignment
RHP Manny Acosta ## UPDATE 3/29 - DFA'd
Current list of Free Agents
*Elias ranking indicated in RED **For list of minor league free agents, click here.
Position Players
IF/OF Fernando Tatis
Pitchers
RHP Elmer Dessens
RHP Kelvim Escobar
Left as Free Agent/ Lost off Waivers/ Released/ Traded
Position Players
C Henry Blanco: UPDATE 12/15 - agreed to one-year deal with Arizona
2B Luis Castillo: UPDATE 3/20 - agreed to minor league deal with Philadelphia
IF Joaquin Arias: UPDATE 11/4 - claimed off waivers by Kansas City
OF Chris Carter: UPDATE 12/2 - not tendered contract for 2011 UPDATE 1/5 - signed minor league deal with Tampa Bay
Pitchers
RHP Elmer Dessens: UPDATE 2/8 - agreed to minor league deal with San Francisco
RHP Sean Green: UPDATE 12/2 - not tendered contract for 2011 UPDATE 12/22 - signed one-year deal with Milwaukee
RHP Eddie Kunz: UPDATE 3/29 - traded to San Diego RHP John Maine: UPDATE 12/2 - not tendered contract for 2011 UPDATE 2/17 - agreed to minor league deal with Colorado
RHP Elvin Ramirez: UPDATE 12/9 - lost to Washington in Rule V draft
LHP Michael Antonini: UPDATE 12/27 - traded to Dodgers
LHP Pedro Feliciano: UPDATE 12/17 - agreed to two-year deal with Yankees
LHP Oliver Perez: UPDATE 3/23 - agreed to minor league deal with Washington
LHP Hisanori Takahashi: UPDATE 12/2 - signed two-year deal with Angels
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15 comments:
i bet perez starts in the rotation
Not out of the question but much more of a long shot if they sign Chris Young or Jeff Francis or some one of that caliber. He'd have to beat out Gee if that was the case. Could happen. I'm sure they will be pulling for the $36 million dollar man to contribute in some way.
As a life-long Mets fan I have to say...with the new manager...I haven't seen this sort of potential for 121 losses since the late '70s...and I'm usually one of the hopelessly optimistic ones...I mean, sure, yeah if Pelfrey and Niese give 'em 450 innings of 135 ERA+, Jose stays healthy for 150 games without sulking, Bay comes back better than ever...
Lots of 'ifs' but it's not out of the question that their core players can stay healthy. I think the biggest concern has to be the bullpen. I don't think they'll be 100-losses bad, but they're probably not as good as Florida or Atlanta and they're definitely not as good as the Phillies. Could be a very rough year but I think the organization expects that and will try to re-load again in 2012.
I see the Newark Star-Ledger isn't even listing Jennry Mejia as someone under consideration for the rotation this spring. Seems to me he's the only one with much upside. I wonder if it was just lazy reporting, or what the thinking is there...
I'm pretty sure Alderson mentioned early in the offseason that they wanted some stability for Mejia in 2011, meaning they didn't want him going back and forth between the majors and minors, between the rotation and bullpen. I think they want him to be a starter in the minors until they know he's ready for the big leagues. So he'll be in the Buffalo rotation to start the season and like with many top prospects, they hope he's in NY to stay once they do call him up.
I hate Mejia as a starter. He is a perfect set-up man/closer. As a starter he can not throw his best stuff and last 7 innings. I think we are making a mistake with him.
Same goes for Neftali Feliz and all the talk of him being a Starter
I agree. Power relievers are valuable in the 7-9 innings. I'm a Padres fan so I know first hand how important relief pitching can be late in games. They had a great year with one dominant starter, four average starters, 2-3 very good relievers, and 4-5 dominant relievers.
With the state of the Mets bullpen, it would make sense to prepare Mejia for a closer's role in 2012 but it sounds like they're sticking with him as a starter for now.
Now we are talking Jason... this is my projected and hopeful roster
IF the Mets can stay healthy, with that lineup (which I think a lot of people underrate) and Santana coming back late June/Early July, can the Mets compete for the Wild Card in your opinion? Clearly the Mets have no chance at competing with the Phillies.
They would need a lot to go right but crazier things have happened. Beltran and Bay appear to be healthy and the rest of the lineup is full of talent around them. The pitching staff is key, though. If Dickey pitches like last year and Chris Young stays healthy, the rotation should be fine until Santana comes back. Young is very good when healthy. Just hasn't been in a few years. Another question mark is whether Parnell and 1-2 other relievers can take care of the 7th and 8th innings. Like I said, lots of question marks but I don't think they're gonna suck unless injuries hit them as bad as last year.
Agreed. Reyes, Beltran, Wright and Bay all could be all-stars if healthy, so if Pagan can get on base, Davis provides power, Thole just makes contact then the Mets should have plenty of offense, but your right its going to come down to how the rotation and bullpen play which both have a lot of question marks.
FINALLY the Mets cut Castillo
Next up....Ollie P
I'm a happy Mets fan today!!!
Ollie will be joining him soon on unemployment
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