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Castro Returns
Sun, 05/11/2008 - 8:24am — mbtn01
Ramon Castro returned to the active roster on Saturday while Raul Casanova was designated for assignment as the Mets swapped lumpy reserve catchers. Casanova took a few games too many to get going while Brian Schneider sat out with injuries or he might have made this a more difficult decision. The sample is obviously not fair to anyone but that's life for a backup.
Castro was in "action" as the Mets, predictably, followed a more-or-less solid Game 1 win with a listless, sloppy loss to the Reds in Game 2. We're seemingly up against it this afternoon when Reds phenom Johnny Cueto opposes Oliver Perez in the rubber game. Cueto has said he channels Pedro Martinez while on the mound: His stature and, sometimes, his numbers, suggest a resemblance.
Yup, that was me forgetting to button my top button on Mets Weekly. They stuck a mic in there.
Renumeration
Sat, 03/31/2007 - 11:40am — mbtn01
Thanks to reader Glenn who below pointed out Ben Shpigel’s entertaining blog post detailing the news that Bazooka Joe Smith will dress in uni No. 35 and Aaron Sele is also changing — to No. 30 36. ) 30
(I was right all along). The comments illustrate some of the politics
of number selections: Rookie Smith is resigned to wear what is offered
him; Sele can not only choose his jersey, but (jokingly) request
re-numeration for that which he leaves behind.
A poor spring sparked not by iffy pitching but by a continuation of the paltry offense the Mets showed last September and October frankly has me more worried than usual about the new year but opening night isn’t a time to fret. Let’s Go Mets!
Roster Shaping Up
Thu, 03/29/2007 - 11:50am — mbtn01The Mets following a rare spring training victory today said Aaron Sele and ‘Bazooka’ Joe Smith would be added to the big-league roster, a development that threw the Metly future of Chan Ho Park 61 into question. As things shake out it’s come down to Park, Ambiorix Burgos 40 and optionless/hapless acquiree Jon Adkins 39 for the seventh and final bullpen slot; The Mets will go with four starters the first few times around before recalling Mike Pelfrey 34 to become the 5th starter. That may prove to reward precocious prospect Lastings Milledge 44 for a strong showing this spring seeing as outfielder Ben Johnson 4 was cut today (along with lesser hopefuls Mike Carp 64, Lino Urdaneta 68, Anderson Hernandez 1, Ruben Gotay 6, Mike DiFelice 30 and Sandy Alomar Jr. 90).
Spring leaders of the Ring-Bell for Adkins-Johnson trade are the Padres, who’ve gotten a 0.90 ERA out of Heath Bell thus far.
January 2007
Thu, 02/01/2007 - 4:00am — mbtn01
Catching
Up (Jan. 28): With Cliff Floyd's
departure to Chicago, it may be interesting to see whether Willie Randolph
alights
in the now-vacant No. 30 or stays with the 12 he's worn as
a Met player and manager (in his playing days, 30 belonged to Mel
Stottlemeyer; Willie was 30 with the MF Yankees most of his career).
Alert MBTN reader Richard informs us that Mets.com is offering the Jose Valentin jersey in No. 22 -- the switch from 18 we expected following the Moises Alou signing earlier this off-season.
Hello to new arrivals and/or spring auditionees Scott Schoeneweis, Aaron Sele, Jorge Sosa and David Newhan.
December 2006
Mon, 01/01/2007 - 4:00am — mbtn01Hojo Returns, Bannister Traded (Dec. 9): For the second winter in a row, the Mets traded a soft-tossing starter who wore No. 40 for a hard-throwing young reliever who wears No. 50. While last year it was Jae Seo to Los Angeles for Duaner Sanchez, this time it's Brian Bannister to Kansas City in exchange for Ambiorix Burgos. (Yes, we know Seo's turn in No. 40 was a few changes ago, but we couldn't resist all the spooky parallels). We'll wish good luck to Bannister, who showed a lot of heart in an unexpected rookie campaign with the Mets, and hope that Burgos can cut down on those home runs allowed and wild pitches.
The
Winter Meetings also brought word that ex-Met Howard Johnson would
serve as the first-base coach next season, with Sandy Alomar crossing
the diamond to third base to take the place of the departed Manny Acta.
We'll be watching to see which jersey Hojo turns up in, noting that his
former No. 20 belongs today to outfielder Shawn Green.
September 2006
Sun, 10/01/2006 - 3:00am — mbtn01Updates (Sept. 29): By now everyone knows the Mets will be Pedro-less for the playoffs but let's be honest: That doesn't surprise us. He hasn't been healthy for a long while, and though it would be nice if the Real Pedro was with us, we've been more concerned about the lineup than the pitching all year long, even while they made it look easy and now, especially, as they make it look difficult.
Stuff
we neglected to mention recently: Ramon Castro 11 returned from
the disabled list Sept. 12; Kelly Stinnett 36 was designated for
assigment Sept. 27 and Phillip Humber 49 made his big-league debut
Sept. 24. Along with the return of Mike Pelfrey 34 to the (nominally)
active roster, the '06 Mets have 36 active players on their roster at
once,
which ties them with three other Met clubs for the second-most
ever, according to Met roster historian Jason:
August 2006
Fri, 09/01/2006 - 2:00am — mbtn01November 2004
Wed, 12/01/2004 - 3:00am — mbtn01Though we think Bobby Valentine might have been a better choice, we're willing to give Willie a shot. Thankfully, he didn't arrive with the ridiculous contract his predecessor did.
May 2004
Tue, 06/01/2004 - 2:00am — mbtn01Short People (May 29): The Mets on May 25 officially surrendered in their attempt to make Tyler Yates 33 a starter and returned him to Norfolk with orders to rejoin the bullpen. In his place the Mets recalled Pedro Feliciano 55. (Update: Feliciano was sent back down without having made an appearance June 1 so as to make room for the return of Al Leiter from the disabled list).
Leiter DLed, Snead Visits (May 21): With Al Leiter's sore shoulder forcing a disabled-list stay, the Mets on Thursday recalled Norfolk outfielder Esix Snead for a short visit. It's expected the Mets will send him back Saturday so that Tyler Yates 33 can take Al's turn in the rotation. You might remember Snead from his brief appearance in 2002 (including his game-winning HR against the Expos in a meaningless September game). He wore No. 23 then; this time he appeared in No. 1 and displayed a Mookielike quickness scoring from first base as a pinch-runner.
August 2003
Mon, 09/01/2003 - 2:00am — mbtn01Anderson Arrives (Aug. 29): Jason Anderson, one of three pitchers the Mets received earlier this year in the Armando Benitez trade, was recalled from Norfolk Thursday, and when he makes his first appearance will become the 26th man to wear No. 17 for the Mets, pulling that number into a three-way tie with 11 and 34 as the second-most issued in team history (No. 6 leads with 27 issues). Prentice Redman 20 was sent back to Norfolk to make room.
A-Prentice No More (Aug. 25): The Mets recalled outfielder Prentice Redman from Norfolk over the weekend and he made his Major League debut in Sunday's win over Los Angeles. Redman, who was summoned to the bigs earlier this year but did not play, becomes the 20th man to wear No. 20 in Met history. Jaime Cerda 43 was demoted to make room.
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