So you may as well junk the post below, it contained little that wasn’t contradicted by the numerical roster dropped today by the club. Here’s your Spring roster, countdown style, or count up, if you prefer.
The news here as I see it is Luis Severino taking over Drew Smith‘s No. 40, forcing Smith into 33 and membership in the three-number club. (He was also 62 you may recall). Also noting that our friend Dr. Grant Hartwig has moved down in the world, from 93 all the way to 56. Sean Manaea takes 59, Adrian Houser 35 and Harrison Bader 44.
Looks like this year they tried to move the coaches to the 60s and those that didn’t are double-booked with a player.
It’s all below, hopefully without massive errors. NRIs in italics, coaches in blue.
| Number | Name | Notes |
| 0 | Adam Ottavino, P | |
| 1 | Jeff McNeil, INF-OF | |
| 2 | Omar Narvaez, C | |
| 3 | Tomas Nido, C | |
| 4 | Francisco Alvarez, C | |
| 5 | Unassigned (David Wright) | |
| 6 | Starling Marte, OF | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | Unassigned (Gary Carter) | |
| 9 | Brandon Nimmo, OF | |
| 10 | Ronny Mauricio, INF | |
| 11 | Jose Iglesias, INF | |
| 12 | Francisco Lindor, SS | |
| 13 | Joey Wendle, INF | |
| 14 | Retired | Gil Hodges |
| 15 | Tyrone Taylor, OF | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | Retired | Keith Hernandez |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | Shintaro Fujinami, P | |
| 20 | Pete Alonso, 1B | |
| 21 | Ben Gamel, OF | |
| 22 | Brett Baty, 3B | |
| 23 | David Peterson, P | |
| 24 | Retired | Willie Mays |
| 25 | Brooks Raley, P | |
| 26 | Ji Man Choi, IB/DH | |
| 27 | Mark Vientos, 3B | |
| 28 | Carlos Mendoza, manager | |
| 29 | DJ Stewart, OF | |
| 30 | Jake Diekman, P | |
| 31 | Retired | Mike Piazza |
| 32 | Max Kranick, P | |
| 33 | Drew Smith, P | new number (was 40) |
| 34 | Kodai Senga, P | |
| 35 | Adrian Houser, P | |
| 36 | Retired | Jerry Koosman |
| 37 | Retired | Casey Stengel |
| 38 | Tylor Megill, P | |
| 39 | Edwin Diaz, P | |
| 40 | Luis Severino, P | |
| 41 | Retired | Tom Seaver |
| 42 | Retired | Jackie Robinson |
| 43 | Trayce Thompson, OF | |
| 44 | Harrison Bader, OF | |
| 45 | Cole Sulser, P | |
| 46 | Johan Ramirez, P | |
| 47 | Joey Lucchesi, P | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | Yacksel Rios, P | |
| 50 | Phil Bickford, P | |
| 51 | Michael Tonkin, P | |
| 52 | Jorge Lopez, P | |
| 53 | Chad Smith, P | |
| 54 | Austin Adams, P | |
| 55 | Kyle Crick, P | |
| 56 | Grant Hartwig, P | New number (was 93) |
| 57 | Taylor Kohlwey, OF | |
| 58 | Rylan Bannon, INF | |
| 59 | Sean Manaea, P | |
| 60 | Jeremy Barnes, hitting coach | |
| 61 | Eric Chavez, hitting coach | |
| 62 | Jose Quintana, P | |
| 63 | Glenn Sherlock, catching & strategy coach | |
| 64 | Mike Sarbaugh, 3rd base coach | |
| 65 | Jeremy Hefner, pitching coach | |
| 66 | Antoan Richardson, 1st base coach | |
| 67 | Jose Rosado, bullpen coach | |
| 68 | John Gibbons, bench coach | |
| 69 | ||
| 70 | Jose Butto, P | |
| 71 | Sean Reid-Foley, P | |
| 72 | Alex Ramirez, OF | |
| 73 | Luisangel Acuna, INF | |
| 74 | Zack Short, INF | |
| 75 | Reed Garrett, P | |
| 76 | Aaron Meyers, BP pitcher | |
| 77 | Dave Racaniello, bullpen catcher | |
| 78 | Eric Langill, bullpen catcher | |
| 79 | Danny Barnes, strategy coach | |
| 80 | ||
| 81 | Danny Young, P | |
| 82 | Austin Allen, C | |
| 83 | Yolmer Sanchez, INF | |
| 84 | ||
| 85 | ||
| 86 | ||
| 87 | ||
| 88 | Cam Robinson, P | |
| 89 | Drew Gilbert, OF | |
| 90 | Jett Williams, INF | |
| 91 | Josh Walker, P | |
| 92 | Eric Orze, P | |
| 93 | Dominic Hamel, P | |
| 94 | Nate Lavender, P | |
| 95 | Kevin Parada, C | |
| 96 | Christian Scott, P | |
| 97 | Mike Vasil, P | |
| 98 | Hayden Senger, C | |
| 99 |
My questions and observations:
1) DJ Stewart is listed in both 29 and 86.
2) My guess is Fujinama in 19.
3) Once again 69 is unassigned. Is that a homage to 1969? Or is it because 69 has obscene overtones?
4) In addition to 5 and 8, number 7 remains in limbo. For Reyes or Kranepool? Neither is deserving of the honor IMO.
5) Is it permissible for players and coaches to share the same numbers?
I fixed DJ Stewart. To save labor I started with a copy of last year’s spring roster and paved over it. For some reason I thought Stewart arrived from the Orioles last summer and wasn’t a spring guy.
Crazy mad about the vacancy at No. 7 but have begun strongly suspecting Steve Cohen retires it for Ed Kranepool. As I’ve warned about for years it’s a slippery slope, especially for a franchise with so few truly accomplished career players.
You also have Mauricio in both 10 and 60
Hi Jim-here my best educated guesses to your questions:
1-Stewart being listed in 86 is probably a mistake. Seems like there is no reason for him to not be in 29
2-I agree on Fujinama. Odd that he is not listed yet.
3-69 rarely gets assigned by any team, and it’s NOT because they won it all in 1969.
4-Probably for Reyes, which drives me crazy. Since Cohen took over, he has started resting and retiring more numbers.
5-It is permissible for players and coaches to wear the same number, but is rarely done. Before the Tigers retired #3 for Trammell, there was a player wearing 3. Trammell was added mid season as the 1st base coach, and he wore 3, as well.
I expect the Fujinama signing to be announced tomorrow (Wednesday). That is the first day that a player can be moved to the 60 day IL. They will move either Mauricio or Peterson there, thus creating room on the 40 man for Fujinama.
Nowhere in the MLB rule book does it state that uniform numbers must be unique. I’ve argued this for years. There is no reason for players not to share the same number – especially with names on the backs of their uniforms. Unless identical twins are playing on the same team, I don’t see a problem.
Only the NHL rule book mentions that uniform numbers should be unique or as they call it, ‘individual identifying’.
Identical twins, lol.
I would argue its one of those things that’s not against the rules because no one ever sought to outlaw something so stupid.
Stupid? I think sharing the same number is a brilliant idea. No more selling uni numbers. You’ve got names on the uniforms (except for you know who) and no face coverings except for the catcher. Why is there a need for unique numbers? We get through Jackie Robinson Day with all 42s with no problem.
You can’t read the names from the Promenade. Even then you’ve got issues with Smiths and Martinezes. I like the idea of one guy, one number, one of 40 spots on the 40 man roster. I suppose a player doubling up on a coach number is OK, as long as they’re not the 1B or 3B coach
Fujinami is in 19 on the roster now
Mets.com has updated the coaches.
Jeremy Barnes is 60
Jeremy Hefner is 65
Glenn Sherlock is 63
No one is sharing numbers now.
thank you. This neat row of coaches in the 60s is a totally new look for the Mets. Only Quintana is in the way.
Chad Smith is in 53
Austin Adams is in 54
Spelling correction: Lefty Joey is LUCCHESI, not LUCHESSI.
The Cs and Ss are confusing. Had to look it up on Baseball Reference!
Thank you. Do it all the time
Understandable!
Assume Ji Man Choi gets 26. If there’s another signing of MLB caliber, then what? Unless an unavailable number becomes available, we’re into the 80’s!