Found June 23, 2009 on Mets Fever: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Yesterday's roster moves were quite curious, to say the least. Was the team looking to make room for a near future move or simply cleaning house.Javier Valentin and Bobby Kielty were on the minor league DL and not on the 40 man roster, so why cut them, when healthy they had to be considered helpful on a woefully awful Bison team. The Wily Mo Pena move baffles me the most, the guy was hitting very well for power in AAA and with a team desperate for power like the Mets, it didn't make sense for them to not give him a chance. Again he wasn't on the 40 man roster and Buffalo had better options of players to cut, if they needed room. There's been some speculation that after leading Buffalo in homeruns and RBIs, Pena demanded his release after being passed over by Nick Evans for promotion. The Mets decided to re-assign Wilson Valdez, which leaves them without a safety net behind Cora in the event of an in-game injury or if Valdez doesn't make it back to Buffalo ( waive...
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