On January 5th Sandy Alderson in a phone conference stated he was still looking for one more bullpen arm (source Metsblog). Since then they have signed Miguel Batista and Fernando Cabrera to minor league deals with invites to spring training. I thought placing Daniel Herrera on waivers and risking losing him to claim showed that the Mets weren't truly committed to him as anything more then a AAAA player even if the risk was minimum. Here is what the pen looks like at this time:Frank Francisco- closerJon Rauch- set-up manRamon Ramirez- 7th inningBobby Parnell- ROOGYTim Byrdak- LOOGYManny Acosta- middle relieverThat leaves one spot for D.J. Carrasco, Josh Stinson, Daniel Herrera, Pedro Beato, Chuck James, Garrett Olson, Miguel Batista and Fernando Cabrera. To quickly rule out a few I think Beato and Stinson will start the year in Buffalo along with Olson who will be kept stretched out as a starter. Cabrera has never matched his AAA production at the major league level, that said; ...
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PLAYERS:
Sandy Alderson,
Miguel Batista,
Fernando Cabrera,
Frank Francisco,
Jon Rauch,
Ramon Ramirez,
Bobby Parnell,
Tim Byrdak,
Manny Acosta,
DJ Carrasco,
Josh Stinson,
Pedro Beato,
Chuck James,
Garrett Olson,
Robert Carson,
Mike Gonzalez,
Damaso Marte,
Trever Miller,
Arthur Rhodes,
Brian Tallet
TEAMS: New York Mets, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals
TEAMS: New York Mets, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals
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