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Technically open spots: three rotation spots, two bullpen spots, two bench spots.

I will try to update this list (and prune it, hopefully) a couple of times a week as more games are played and these guys start emerging as studs or duds.

Player, Position Comment
Jon Adkins, RHP
Thirteen hits and eleven runs in seven innings? Smell you later, Jon.
Adam Bostick, LHP
Sent to minors.
Ambiorix Burgos, RHP
--
Four runs in 5.1 innings: bad. 5-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio: good. His fastball contains potassium benzoate: bad.
Marcos Carvajal, RHP
--
Hasn't pitched in a game yet; likely destined for the minors.
Philip Humber, RHP
Eight runs allowed in three innings; two strikeouts to four walks.
Chan Ho Park, RHP
Unspectacular in two starts, but still probably has the inside track for the fifth starter spot.
John Maine, RHP
Hasn't allowed a run in five innings.
Mike Pelfrey, RHP
Groundball machine.
Oliver Perez, LHP
After a rocky start has been better of late.
Alay Soler RHP
He'll get some more innings, but doesn't really have a chance to make the team.
Jorge Sosa, RHP
Nothing like terrible. 6-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio is mighty fine.
Jason Vargas, LHP
Has looked good so far. If Chan Ho falters or someone gets hurt, could be there to pick up the pieces.
Damion Easley, IF
Three-run homer the other day was sweet. No walks in 28 at-bats is not so sweet.
Anderson Hernandez, IF
Four hits and four walks (!) in 29 at-bats. New Orleans is a'callin'.
Ben Johnson, OF
Dude is mashing the baseball and has the inside track for one of the final two bench spots. Hitting .407/.484/.667.
Lastings Milledge, OF
Kicking ass and taking names, Milledge is hitting like he doesn't want to take another minor league bus ride again. .345/.441/.552.
David Newhan, OF
Not surpisingly, the best hitters this spring have been those competing for utility roles. Newhan is no exception, hitting .308/.333/.615 in camp.
Eddie Camacho, LHP
Already demoted.
Willie Collazo, LHP
SEE: Eddie Camacho
Kevin Mulvey, RHP
Sent to the minors.
Clint Nageotte, RHP
Gone.
Aaron Sele, RHP
Hasn't been very good. Claims to be a "feel" pitcher who needs time to get the feel of his breaking pitches. He'll have plenty of time to do so in New Orleans.
Joe Smith, RHP
No runs in 5.1 innings.
Lino Urdaneta, RHP
Apparently still in camp? Just one baserunner allowed in three innings.
Jorge Vasquez, RHP
Cut.
Sandy Alomar, Jr., C
No hits and two walks in nine at-bats.
Drew Butera, C
Cut.
Mike DiFelice, C All glove, no hit catcher.
Joe Hietpas, C
Now a pitcher, always a minor leaguer.
Mike Nickeas, C
Cut.
Francisco Pena, C
Cut.
Jose A. Reyes, C
Days are numbered.
Michel Abreu, 1B
Cut.
Mike Carp, 1B
Mashy McMashalot, hitting .333/.429/.458.
Ruben Gotay, IF
I was about to write something snarky before I realized he was hitting .353/.421/.529.
Chip Ambres, OF
Cut.
Fernando Martinez, OF
Cut. Sadly.
Victor Mendez, OF
Cut.
Ruben Sierra, OF
Hitting an impossibly bad .174/.231/.217.

Key:
-- = Chance of making the team is even.
= Chance of making the team is going down.
= Chance of making the team is going up.

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"Cut"?
Do you mean sent to the minors or released?  

by madisonmetsfan on Mar 12, 2007 11:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Cut
I just mean sent to the minors. "Cut" from big league camp.

by Eric Simon on Mar 13, 2007 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for...
...the great work on this chart, Eric.

by Ralph Zig Tyko on Mar 12, 2007 11:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hietpas
Hietpas may be a pitcher, Eric, but you are forgetting something: Hietpas has already been a major leaguer. Sure it was one inning and he'll never make it back, but that one inning will never be taken away from him.

by Alex Nelson on Mar 13, 2007 1:12 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

True
I haven't given him his due. He is one of the heroes.

by Eric Simon on Mar 13, 2007 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Soler Released
The Daily News is reporting that Alay Soler was released yesterday.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/2007/03/13/2007-03-13_soler_waived_as_strange_trip_ends.html

its a ground ball...trickling... its a fair ball, its by Buckner, rounding third Knight, the Mets will win the ballgame, the Mets win

by DoctorK16 on Mar 13, 2007 8:36 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Weird
The Mets waited an awfully long time for Soler and his agent to sort out his visa issues. He pitched well in the minors but was forgettable in the majors. I wonder if there is something more to this.

by Eric Simon on Mar 13, 2007 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I suspect him and Willie didn't see
Eye to eye. Remember his sudden demotion after the Yankee game and continued to be quite portly. You figure they would have just sent him NO if it was just performance.  
its a ground ball...trickling... its a fair ball, its by Buckner, rounding third Knight, the Mets will win the ballgame, the Mets win

by DoctorK16 on Mar 13, 2007 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lastings!
Man, is it possible to sell Green's contract to that nascent Israeli baseball league, like how David Beckham came to MLS to bring it some credibility?  Because I'd really, really like to see Milo in RF on opening day.

The only one I'm disappointed in is Humber.  I'm one of the minority who thinks he'll end up being better than Pelfrey in the long run, but he has obviously taken a step back this spring.

Driving the Oliver Perez bandwagon!

by Greenpoint Ian on Mar 13, 2007 9:25 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not the only one
Kevin Goldstein agrees with you, re: Humber v Pelfrey.

by Eric Simon on Mar 13, 2007 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dayn Perry too
Perry, a good writer for Fox Sports, has Humber listed ahead of Pelfrey as well.  Humber is #36 in his list of prospects, while Pelfrey is #42.  Admittedly, both Goldstein and Perry rank the two as pretty close to each other, and pitching prospects are such wild cards anyway that Pelfrey might very well have the better career.

As of right now though, I think Humber has a higher upside.  Of course, Billy Beane had a higher upside than Darryl Strawberry 25 years ago.......

Driving the Oliver Perez bandwagon!

by Greenpoint Ian on Mar 13, 2007 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oops
forgot to include the link's to Perry's comments:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6563036

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6548676

Driving the Oliver Perez bandwagon!

by Greenpoint Ian on Mar 13, 2007 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

tools for the measurement of mets phenomenon
nice metsometer!

easy reading+snarky comments+one liners+colors=blog gold!

its also good for people like me, on the go, and closing their eyes in hopes that a(ir)hern would develop into a hitter.

I.M. Forme

by itsmetsforme on Mar 13, 2007 2:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Pelfrey
is Pelfrey going to win a spot in the starting rotation?  What would you set the odds of him doing so at?
vr, Xei
Baseball, it is what it is.

by Xeifrank on Mar 13, 2007 4:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Odds
I think Pelfrey's odds of cracking the rotation out of camp are 3:1 or so right now, considering how well he has pitched so far. I would have put them at 7:1 at the start of camp, which gives you some idea of how impressive he has been. Odds of him making the rotation by June are even.

by Eric Simon on Mar 13, 2007 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So would I , Greenpoint,...
...like to see Lansings in r.f...His time has come, and Green's has come and gone.

by Ralph Zig Tyko on Mar 13, 2007 7:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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