Mets Fill Out the Bisons Roster

Claimed Pirates RHP Jeremy Hefner off waivers and signed C Lucas May and LHP Garrett Olson.

Probably AAA depth, though Hefner could be a fifth starter type. He has average stuff, but he's put together a decent MiLB statistical record outside of last year's performance in the hitter-friendly PCL. He is also an old Padres farmhand and that worked out okay with Allan Dykstra.

UPDATE: Hefner is on the 40 man, giving the Mets 42 players on the roster. Expect an additional non-tender/outright along with Paulino.

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so who gets cut along with Paulino?

Schwinden?
Carrasco?
Pelfrey?

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by Help!I'maRock! on Dec 12, 2011 4:37 PM EST reply actions

Probably Carrasco

The Mets have an awful lot of arms on their 40 man right now. Baxter and Satin have outside shots of getting cut, as well. I suppose their could be a surprise non-tender in there, too. Maybe Acosta.

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Dec 12, 2011 4:50 PM EST up reply actions

All these minor league deals are automatically added to the 40 man?

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by Blame-everyone-else on Dec 12, 2011 5:01 PM EST up reply actions

Forget it

didn’t see the update

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by Blame-everyone-else on Dec 12, 2011 5:01 PM EST up reply actions

I'm saying either Carrasco or Baxter

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 12, 2011 6:25 PM EST up reply actions

I hope Carrasco

that guy sucks

by nerfan on Dec 12, 2011 6:57 PM EST up reply actions

I'm hoping/leaning more towards Baxter

Carrasco, I want to see in Spring Training before we dump him. Maybe 2011 was a fluke.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 12, 2011 7:29 PM EST up reply actions

Baxter is my guess

by graves9 on Dec 12, 2011 6:36 PM EST up reply actions

I'm going to go outside the box:

Josh Stinson.

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by Steve Schreiber on Dec 12, 2011 8:17 PM EST up reply actions

Carrasco...your outta here!

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by ScottfromPeekskill on Dec 12, 2011 4:52 PM EST reply actions

Baxter?

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by Hoyadestroya85 on Dec 12, 2011 4:54 PM EST reply actions

One problem

That would leave the Mets with 7 OFs on the 40 man.

Torres/Bay/Duda- starters
Lagares/Puello- unlikely to contribute in 2012
Kirk/F!- injury concerns.

You could certainly put F! on the major league roster, but he’s limited to a corner, and no guarantee he stays healthy for even 100 games. The organization seems to want to give Kirk another half season at AAA to get healthy. I assume they will have to sign a couple more outfielders anyway, but that would just require more shuffling unless they are NRIs.

Sadly, I think Satin is the more likely cut, given the Mets depth at 2B/3B on the 40.

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Dec 12, 2011 4:59 PM EST up reply actions

There's some guy you're missing, I forgot his name.

I think he finally disappeared though, I thought we’d find him eventually.

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by BlackOps on Dec 12, 2011 5:49 PM EST up reply actions

I look forward to a "Mets Punt Baxter" headline on AA

by David G on Dec 12, 2011 6:35 PM EST up reply actions

Only really know about Olson out of those three

Never hurts to have org. depth, I guess.

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by santana9237 on Dec 12, 2011 5:27 PM EST reply actions

It's like Christmas in December.

by MetsFanXXIII on Dec 12, 2011 5:52 PM EST reply actions

Hef has some nice numbers

I hear when gets on first base he puts on a red velvet smoking jacket to run in.

by David G on Dec 12, 2011 6:34 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

May is also mildy intriguing

doesn’t look like he has any arm at all from his caught stealing numbers, but there’s some pop. Looks like he can hit better than Nickeas, but then again, most can.

by David G on Dec 12, 2011 6:44 PM EST reply actions

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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Dec 13, 2011 12:28 AM EST reply actions

Hefner

Hefner actually is a pretty intriguing prospect. He was San Diego´s # 15 prospect prior to the 2011 season according to Baseball America after a strong season at AA.
His stuff isn´t anything special with a sinking fastball in the 90 mph range, a solid curve & change, but he apparently has good command and has always posted pretty high strikeout totals. While his 2011 totals at AAA aren´t eye-popping, he did post them in the hitter-friendly PCL. With San Diego having a lot of prospects to protect as well, Hefner got DFAd from the 40-man roster and claimed by Pittsburgh who then DFAd him again when they made a Rule V selection. Pretty sure, DePodesta & Alderson are happy to bring in one of their former SD pupils into the Mets system.

All in all, I´d assume Hefner is pretty close to being ready for a shot in the majors. His profile looks somewhat similar to that of Dillon Gee´s and he is probably more advanced than Chris Schwinden or Collin McHugh. At this point, Hefner probably would be 1st in line for a rotation gig if anything goes wrong with the top 5.

by Doob on Dec 13, 2011 12:58 AM EST reply actions