Make-The-Mets-O-Meter

by Eric Simon on Mar 19, 2007 12:01 AM EDT

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		Pitched on Saturday and actually didn't allow a run. Gave up two baserunners in an inning of work.
Ambiorix Burgos, RHP		Allowed four hits and two runs in two innings on Sunday. He's a longshot at this point.
Marcos Carvajal, RHP		Sent to minors on Thursday.
Philip Humber, RHP		Didn't have a great spring and was mercifully demoted on Thursday.
Chan Ho Park, RHP		Stunk up the joint on Saturady, but could still make the team in long-relief or even as the fifth starter/.
John Maine, RHP		Has looked great so far.
Mike Pelfrey, RHP		Ditto. Might still start the year in AAA since the Mets won't need a #5 for a couple of weeks at least.
Oliver Perez, LHP		Urge to kill fading. Fading. Gone.
Alay Soler RHP		Took two years to get to America, and was released in a matter of seconds this week.
Jorge Sosa, RHP		Six runs in two innings on Saturday wasn't so hot.
Jason Vargas, LHP		Sent to the minors on Thursday; good insurance policy for our aging front-end.
Damion Easley, IF		Probably a lock as a MIBGY (Middle Infielder Bench Guy)
Anderson Hernandez, IF		At .132, isn't even batting his sister's weight.
Ben Johnson, OF		Hittin' good, would add some pop off the bench if he sticks.
Lastings Milledge, OF		Two hits on Saturday and a pinch-walk on Sunday. I love him.
David Newhan, OF		Hitless on Saturday.
Aaron Sele, RHP		After allowing six runs -- five earned -- in five innings on Saturday his spring ERA stands at a bloated 7.82.
Joe Smith, RHP		Gave up his first two runs on Saturday.
Lino Urdaneta, RHP	--	Omar Minaya says he has a chance. We'll see.
Sandy Alomar, Jr., C		Demotion coming any day now; let's see if he accepts it..
Mike DiFelice, C		Split squad filler at this point.
Jose A. Reyes, C		Is he still around?
Mike Carp, 1B		Still around, but probably no room for him.
Ruben Gotay, IF		Was hitting .353/.421/.529. Now hitting .241/.313/.414.
Ruben Sierra, OF		Reassigned on Thursday. Wonders "what if".

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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Ouch!

"At .132, isn't even batting his sister's weight."

That one hurt! Well-played, my liege.

So if I read things right we have 4 people with a green light for only 2 spots:

Newhan
Johnson
Milledge
Easley

So what it really means is that one of those 4 has to go down or be traded, while one has to figure out a way to go all Tonya Harding on Julio Franco's ass.

Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermous percussion pitch.

by Mr. Met on Mar 19, 2007 11:17 AM EDT reply actions

Does the Mets' awful spring record (what are they now, 6-15?) bode ill, or is it relatively meaningless? A lot of games have been blown by bad pitching from a small group: Sele, Burgos, Park, Adkins, and Sosa (plus a couple already gone i.e. Humber and Soler). Wait, maybe that isn't such a small group...

Starting Pitching: The starters look decent, assuming the rotation is going to be:

Glavine
El Duque
Maine
Perez
Pelfrey

Closer: Billy Wagner always looks bad in Spring Training.

Middle/Long Relief: Let's see...Heilman, Schoenweis, hmm...now what? Padilla? Feliciano?
when will Duaner Sanchez be back? The SP looks pretty good but does not go deep into games. This looks like the Mets weak point: Not blowing games in the 6th-8th inning.

by erich11226 on Mar 19, 2007 1:53 PM EDT reply actions