{"id":1532,"date":"2011-02-22T13:35:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T13:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2013-12-14T13:37:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T13:37:09","slug":"still-watching-the-jasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=1532","title":{"rendered":"Still Watching the Jasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just as we suspected: The Times’ David Waldstein\u00a0with a story<\/a>\u00a0we imagined here (sans attribution or access)\u00a0days before<\/a>.\u00a0Jason Bay\u00a0indeed says he’ll surrender\u00a0No. 44\u00a0should\u00a0Jason Isringhausen\u00a0makes the squad, acknowledging the digits have more meaning for Izzy than for him. And not for nothing, but doesn’t it seem like Bay, beyond his enthusiasm for Isringhusen’s chances to make the squad, is practically begging for a good reason to cash in 44 and start fresh? After a year like he had, I would. And no shame: He’d only be another casualty of the No. 44 jersey, which has brought little luck to its Mets’ wearers, particularly its outfielders.<\/p>\n

Bay, according to the\u00a0Times\u00a0<\/em>“said he would see what other numbers were available if he relinquished No. 44.” Let me help you out, Jason: There’d be\u00a045\u00a0if you agree to swap with Izzy and\u00a058\u00a0(we think) and several of the following group likely to become available as attrition and options play out in coming weeks:\u00a04, 11, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 35, 36, 48 and more. I associate Bay as\u00a038\u00a0— his number with the Pirates — and as long as guys are swapping I’m sure\u00a0Chris Capuano<\/strong>\u00a0wouldn’t mind sliding along. I could also see Bay paying tribute to a fellow Canadian athlete with concussion issues, Eric Lindros in No. 88.<\/p>\n

Here by the way is the updated Spring Roster.<\/p>\n

1 Luis Castillo, 2B
\n2 Justin Turner, 2B
\n3 Luis Hernandez, INF
\n4 Russ Adams, INF
\n5 David Wright, 3B
\n6 Nick Evans, OF
\n7 Jose Reyes, SS
\n8 Vacant
\n9 Ronny Paulino, C
\n10 Terry Collins, manager
\n11 Ruben Tejada, INF
\n12 Scott Hairston, OF
\n13 Mike Nickeas, C
\n14 Retired
\n15 Carlos Beltran, OF
\n16 Angel Pagan, OF
\n17 Vacant
\n18 Ryota Igarashi, P
\n19 Raul Chavez, C
\n20 Jason Pridie, OF
\n21 Lucas Duda, OF
\n22 Willie Harris, OF
\n23 Blaine Boyer, P
\n24 Vacant
\n25 Chin-lung Hu
\n26 Fernando Martinez, OF
\n27 Boof Bonser, P
\n28 Daniel Murphy, 1B-2B-OF
\n29 Ike Davis, 1B
\n30 Josh Thole, C
\n31 Vacant
\n32 Jenrry Mejia, P
\n33 Taylor Buchholz, P
\n34 Mike Pelfrey, P
\n35 Dillon Gee, P
\n36 Manny Acosta, P
\n37 Retired
\n38 Chris Capuano, P
\n39 Bobby Parnell, P
\n40 Tim Byrdak, P
\n41 Retired
\n42 Retired
\n43 R.A. Dickey, P
\n44 Jason Bay, OF
\n45 Jason Isringhausen, P
\n46 Oliver Perez, P
\n47 Taylor Tankersley, P
\n48 Pat Misch, P
\n49 Jon Niese, P
\n50 Mike O’Connor, P
\n51 Chip Hale, 3rd base Coach
\n52 Dave Hudgens, hitting coach
\n53 Mookie Wilson, first base coach
\n54 Dave Racaniello, Bullpen Catcher
\n55 Ken Oberkfell, bench coach*
\n55 Chris Young, P
\n56 Jon Debus, bullpen coach
\n57 Johan Santana, P
\n58 Vacant
\n59 Dan Warthen, pitching coach
\n60 Vacant
\n61 Tobi Stoner, P
\n62 Dusty Ryan, C
\n63 Jordanny Valdespin, INF
\n64 Josh Stinson, P
\n65 Zach Lutz, INF
\n66 Armando Rodriguez, P
\n67 Manny Alvarez, P
\n68 Brad Emaus, 2B
\n69 John Lujan, P
\n69 Vacant
\n70 Pedro Beato, P
\n71 Kai Gronauer, C
\n72 Kirk Nieuwenhuis, OF
\n73-74 Vacant
\n75 Francisco Rodriguez, P
\n76 Vacant
\n77 DJ Carrasco, P
\n78-99 Vacant<\/p>\n

* – Has anyone seen Ken Oberkfell in a jersey?<\/p>\n

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Just as we suspected: The Times’ David Waldstein\u00a0with a story\u00a0we imagined here (sans attribution or access)\u00a0days before.\u00a0Jason Bay\u00a0indeed says he’ll surrender\u00a0No. 44\u00a0should\u00a0Jason Isringhausen\u00a0makes the squad, acknowledging the digits have more meaning for Izzy than for him. And not for nothing, but doesn’t it seem like Bay, beyond his enthusiasm for Isringhusen’s chances to make the … Continue reading “Still Watching the Jasons”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[446,180],"class_list":["post-1532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-jason-bay","tag-jason-isringhausen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1533,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532\/revisions\/1533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}