Depth and Opportunity

The Mets have no depth on their 40-man roster. You’ve heard that since the offseason. I preached it here consistently during spring training.  I believed this club had an outside chance of winning about 85 games; maybe even competing in a pennant race for a second Wild Card. What would derail them was their depth, or lack of it. The names were not exciting. Vinny Rottino, Jeremy Hefner, Rob Johnson, Omar Quintanilla and Mike Baxter. Each was disposed of by another organization. Each, except for Rottino (who is 32 years old) is in their late-twenties so you can’t even call them a “late bloomer.” They were on the road to 4-A status. We try to evaluate players in the minors through scouting reports and numbers. The latter being more accessible. There are a few numbers that give you an indication to how successful a player can be: walk to strikeout ratio, K-rate, on-base percentage and power. Even those can be skewed by competition and environment. Baxter and Johnson had some of their b...