I said yesterday, in one day, the Mets made three roster blunders. One of them turned out to be inconsequential ( Livan) while the others are continuing the nightmare mess of a season that has plagued the Mets and the front office.1) Livan Hernandez was cut just an hour prior to an Oliver Perez side session, if Perez's knee didn't hold up, it could have cost him at least his next start. It's bad enough that the Mets are putting Redding into the rotation but they may have been forced to use Figeruoa, Broadway or Misch as well, because they choose not to wait until the session was over. 2) Billy Wagner was activated last night, but his waivers didn't expire until 1:30pm today. No team was going to take a risk on him at 2.7MM for the rest of the year without him throwing a pitch, but instead of waiting until the waivers expired the Mets activated, he pitched well and someone claimed him. Now, instead of having multiple teams competing for Wagner, the Mets are limited to what one te...
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