So the Mets along with introducing Johan Santana to the press today updated their 40-man roster so as to provide uni numbers for several players for the first time. From the bottom, it’s
9 Marlon Anderson (switching from 23 for Brian Schneider)
16 Angel Pagan
19 Ryan Church
38 Matt Wise (Carlos Muniz is now listed in 32)
39 Jason Vargas (Vargas was 43 last season, we may see a flip with Stokes, below)
43 Brian Stokes
49 Ruddy Lugo (Phillip Humber, we barely miss ye)
61 Steven Register(likely to be the lowest of the high-numbered invitees)
Also worth noting is pitcher Adam Bostick in 72, giving him the highest number among the 40 men invited to camp. Among non-roster invitees, the deck is clear for Jose Valentin to take 22and Ricardo Rincon to assume his usual 73.
Our post below guessed a few of these correctly at least. Keep in mind as always these numbers don’t “count” until the games do, so nothing is official yet.
