Last week I was a little surprised when the Mets reassigned Robinson Cancel to Minor League camp.
Given how difficult it is for Ramon Castro to stay healthy for an entire season, I thought Cancel would be one of the last guys to go this spring. Cancel did a decent job filling in last year and actually had a couple of big hits for us including down the stretch on September 25th when his RBI in the bottom of the 8th inning tied the game 6-6 against the Cubs, which we won 7-6 in the ninth on a walk-off single by Carlos Beltran.
I asked Bart Hubbuch of the NY Post about the Mets sending down Cancel during his live chat. He replied that the Mets are very concerned about their depth behind Castro, and wanted to look at some of the other catchers in camp.
He added that they already know what they have in Cancel, so they sent him down to get a closer look at Josh Thole, Omir Santos and particularly Rene Rivera who they really like.
I think Thole is still a couple of seasons away, but Santo...
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Carlos Beltran,
Omir Santos,
Rene Rivera
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