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John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 21 2008 06:01 AM

Mets added Mike Carp to the 40-man roster making him ineligible to be selected. There was speculation out there they would add 3Bman Shawn Bowman, but they didn't, and presumably had the room to. Draft is usually the first day of the winter meetings. ... Dec. 11

Frayed Knot Nov 21 2008 06:43 AM

The addition of Carp makes it only 34 slots filled (acc to what I read) so they have LOTS of room to add players via Rule 5, FAs, trades, etc. Some analysis I read a few weeks back opined that the Mets should leave themselves adding room but 6 spots is bigger than I expected.

Edgy DC Nov 21 2008 07:38 AM

Agreed. Two-three more slots are probably fillable.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 21 2008 07:43 AM

Can't they still add a few more players between now and December 11? Or was yesterday a deadline of some sort?

Frayed Knot Nov 21 2008 07:44 AM

(responding to Edgy) Except that the 40-man rosters were frozen as of last night. Any new names to be added at this point will come from outside.

Edgy DC Nov 21 2008 08:19 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 21 2008 11:05 AM

Yeah, I got that. I meant more of a a pespective on what they could have done. I guess it means to brace for the impact of a lot of transactions. Prediction: Collazo gets claimed.

smg58 Nov 21 2008 10:34 AM

I think Collazo is a minor-league free agent at this point. Which I suppose doesn't make it any less likely that he'll be in a different organization next year.

Frayed Knot Nov 21 2008 12:26 PM

So who is on the 40-man ...errr, 34-man roster at this point? Delgado Castillo Reyes x 2 Wright Carp Schneider Castro Anderson Chavez Murphy Evans Beltran Church Tatis Pagan? Santana Heilman Maine Pelfrey Feliciano Schoeneweis Sanchez Smith Kunz Wagner Muniz Niese Burgos?, Stokes?, Knight?, Vargas? I'm obviously missing some.

smg58 Nov 21 2008 12:47 PM

I think Robinson Cancel is still on the roster. They have tender/non-tender decisions on Stokes, Vargas, and Burgos. That means they're all currently on the 40, although I see no reason to keep Burgos around. I don't know what Knight's situation is.

smg58 Nov 21 2008 12:48 PM

Have they put Fernando Martinez on the 40 yet?

Frayed Knot Nov 21 2008 12:50 PM

As far as I know, Martinez hasn't been signed long enough to need to be protected by being on the 40.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 21 2008 01:12 PM

I tried checking the 40 on Mets.com but it kept freezing on me. Maybe someone else will have better luck.

metirish Nov 21 2008 01:14 PM

From Mets.com -- Ambiorix Burgos R/R 6-3 245 04/19/84 25 Pedro Feliciano L/L 5-10 190 08/25/76 48 Aaron Heilman R/R 6-5 225 11/12/78 44 Brandon Knight L/R 6-0 195 10/01/75 -- Eddie Kunz R/R 6-5 265 04/08/86 33 John Maine R/R 6-4 200 05/08/81 32 Carlos Muniz R/R 6-1 190 03/12/81 49 Jonathon Niese L/L 6-4 215 10/27/86 39 Bobby Parnell R/R 6-4 200 09/08/84 34 Mike Pelfrey R/R 6-7 230 01/14/84 50 Duaner Sanchez R/R 6-2 210 10/14/79 57 Johan Santana L/L 6-0 210 03/13/79 60 Scott Schoeneweis L/L 6-0 190 10/02/73 35 Joe Smith R/R 6-2 210 03/22/84 43 Brian Stokes R/R 6-1 210 09/07/79 -- Jason Vargas L/L 6-0 215 02/02/83 13 Billy Wagner L/L 5-11 205 07/25/71 Catchers B/T Ht Wt DOB 40 Robinson Cancel R/R 6-0 190 05/04/76 11 Ramon Castro R/R 6-3 260 03/01/76 23 Brian Schneider L/R 6-1 195 11/26/76 Infielders B/T Ht Wt DOB -- Mike Carp L/R 6-2 215 06/30/86 1 Luis Castillo S/R 5-11 190 09/12/75 21 Carlos Delgado L/R 6-3 265 06/25/72 4 Argenis Reyes S/R 5-10 165 09/25/82 7 Jose Reyes S/R 6-1 200 06/11/83 5 David Wright R/R 6-0 215 12/20/82 Outfielders B/T Ht Wt DOB 9 Marlon Anderson L/R 5-11 200 01/06/74 15 Carlos Beltran S/R 6-1 205 04/24/77 10 Endy Chavez L/L 6-0 170 02/07/78 19 Ryan Church L/L 6-1 190 10/14/78 6 Nick Evans R/R 6-3 210 01/30/86 28 Daniel Murphy L/R 6-3 210 04/01/85 16 Angel Pagan S/R 6-2 195 07/02/81 17 Fernando Tatis R/R 5-11 195 01/01/75 34?

Benjamin Grimm Nov 21 2008 01:37 PM

Can they free up a spot by releasing Billy Wagner?

seawolf17 Nov 21 2008 01:46 PM

I don't think they can release him, but they can put him on the 60-day DL, which takes him off as well. I'm actually surprised they haven't done that yet. (Or maybe they can't do that at this point in the off-season yet.)

Edgy DC Nov 21 2008 01:51 PM

Can't release an injured player. Guh.

Frayed Knot Nov 21 2008 02:13 PM

There's also no 60-day DL at this time of year -- nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. Besides, it's not like they need to create room here.

DocTee Nov 21 2008 03:38 PM

Burgos?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 26 2008 08:58 AM

="Edgy DC":3mglpqvc]Prediction: Collazo gets claimed.[/quote:3mglpqvc] Seems he's already signed with the Marlins. I'll always remember how they spelled his name wrong on the back of his jersey. sniff. Goodbye, Willie. G-Fafif Nov 26 2008 09:05 AM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket":1ye8c93x] ="Edgy DC":1ye8c93x]Prediction: Collazo gets claimed.[/quote:1ye8c93x] Seems he's already signed with the Marlins. I'll always remember how they spelled his name wrong on the back of his jersey. sniff. Goodbye, Willie.[/quote:1ye8c93x] Or Wiliie. Edgy DC Nov 26 2008 09:06 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 26 2008 09:53 AM Got to be the only mis-spelled name in Mets history (aside from missing tildes), although I certainly recall recent callups going out there nameless while their teammates all had names. I also remember some 1987-ish sap (Don Schulze?) pitching while the letters peelled off of his hastily fabricated jersey. seawolf17 Nov 26 2008 09:42 AM ="Edgy DC":3gqdk1tg]Got to be the only mis-spelled name in Mets history (aside from missing tildes), although I certainly recall recent callups going out there nameless while their teammates all had names. I also remember some 1987-ish sap (Don Schulze?) pitching while the letters peelled off of his hastily fabricated jersey.[/quote:3gqdk1tg] I distinctively remember Jason "Middlerbook" pitching in a game once, but that was before DVR and digital cameras, so I wasn't able to capture that the way I grabbed Willie "Colazzo." John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 26 2008 10:03 AM ]I distinctively remember Jason "Middlerbook" pitching in a game once, but that was before DVR and digital cameras, so I wasn't able to capture that the way I grabbed Willie "Colazzo." This mention excited me so much I looked it up on google only to find one entry -- yours -- from 1995 [url]http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/500/f1_t535.shtml[/url] fuuuuc John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 26 2008 10:11 AM JMan 12 went and finished up that kwiz but got no credit duan Nov 26 2008 11:47 AM blast from the past. distant past.