he still counts against the 40-man roster. Since we don’t have any viable SS options on our 40-man roster, someone else would need to be DFAed. Cancel, Evans and Sullivan are the only position players on our 40-man not currently on the MLB roster or the DL. None of them can play SS. They’d need to purchase a contract for Tejada/Coronado/etc. Since Martinez won’t be claimed off waivers and figures to accept an assignment to AAA, it seems like the play to me.

The other might be Jeremy Reed. Same difference.

It’s a relief that Ramon Martinez is hurt and not Fernando Martinez. I find it hard to believe that the Mets can’t find someone of equal or better value lying around someone else’s roster, readily available in exchange for some middling prospect.

Not having minor league depth can be a problem. Overpaying for filler type guys (Cora, Redding, etc.) is another.

The Mets will probably go pick up a salary dump SS now though, to serve as backup. Hopefully this doesn’t hamper them from making any “bigger” move that might be dictated by needs (like obtaining a SP if needed)

I mean, that’s just bad long term management, there’s little you can do in the short term to correct that.

Because the only reasons to call him up over Coronado and Tejada:
1. Avoiding starting the clock on the two youngsters, which with Coronado at least, shouldn’t be an issue, since he’s not really much of a prospect.
2. Because Malo can “play multiple positions,” which shouldn’t be relevant, since the team doesn’t have a real SS at the moment. Though I guess that means they could keep him around as Cora’s replacement when Jose gets back, which is kind of sad.

but not in an NL game. I don’t think theres much manuel could do to shock me at this point.

But otherwise, sound about right. If he does it’ll be interesting to see who’s starting at SS. And obviously, I have nothing verifiable to support this claim, other than his absence from Buffalo’s lineup.

when you can wait a few days?

But I can completely understand the way he was handled after Sheff was signed. He could have made signing Sheff questionable, but he proved nothing aside from the fact that he could be a platoon bat in 2008, and Buffalo just had so many offensive woes. I like Evans, he seems like he has his uses, but at least Sheff is drawing walks vs. RHP. Evans has never done anything to prove he can even do that. His career minor league OBP vs. RHP is .325, and even in 2008 in the minors, it was just .329.

But he was just miserable in Buffalo, and he was digging himself deeper and deeper, swinging at more and more bad pitches as the season went along.

Personally, I’m convinced there is more wrong with Evans right now than a “rough patch”. He’s been awful, he’s not making enough contact, and when he does make contact, not making enough hard contact. Was he unlucky to go 7 for 75 or whatever? Of course. But even if that was 17 for 75, it still would have been ugly. He needed to get out of that miserable environment in Buffalo, where no one was hitting a lick besides F!, even if it was just to get his head straightened out, that was not the place to do it. And the way Sheffield’s handled his playing time, I cannot say I’m upset with the outcome of this situation at all. It sucks for Nicky, but I don’t think he was mishandled.

I want it. Seriously though, this is good news for the most part. Any updates on Reyes? Is tomorrow still a possibility? If not, the DL should seriously be considered, and its a shame that they forced him back into the lineup, because if he hadn’t played those games, he might be just about ready and able to be coming off the DL by now.