{"id":2003,"date":"2014-01-26T10:04:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T16:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2014-01-26T10:13:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T16:13:48","slug":"rock-roll-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2003","title":{"rendered":"Rock & Roll Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only a short week or two before ballplayers begin trickling into Port St. Lucie to begin another season and respective number assignments reveal themselves. It seems as though there’s been considerable turnover from 2013, which not only featured a lot of different players (53 in all), but an unusually large number of oddball high assignments. That’s in part because there were numbers occupied all year by guys who didn’t play much due to injury (Tim Byrdak, Pedro Feliciano); and others by guys who couldn’t establish themselves (Colin Cowgill, Kirk Nieuwenhuis); and that set the team wheeling and dealing, often for scrubs who themselves were short-lived (Rick Ankeil, Aaron Laffey, Aaron Harang, etc.). There’s also the fact the manager and most of the coaches have been occupying traditional “player” numbers (7, 10, 18, 25, 26).<\/p>\n

In all, 28 players made their debut with the 2013 Mets. A conservative estimation reveals at last 21 2013 Mets won’t be back, freeing up some prime numerical real estate. Currently there are 7 players on the 40-man awaiting assignment (Bartolo Colon, Jacob deGrom, Erik Goeddel, Steven Matz, Ryan Reid, Jeff Walters, Chris Young), as are at least 20 non-roster invitees. A quick look:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
No.<\/strong><\/td>\n2013 occupant(s)<\/strong><\/td>\n2014 assignment<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nJordany Valdespin<\/td>\nVacant<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nJustin Turner<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nOmar Quintanilla<\/td>\nCurtis Granderson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nCollin Cowgill, Wilmer Flores<\/td>\nFlores<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nDavid Wright<\/td>\nWright<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMarlon Byrd, Matt den Dekker<\/td>\nden Dekker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nBob Geren<\/td>\nGeren<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nKirk Nieuwenhuis<\/td>\nNieuwenhuis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nTerry Collins<\/td>\nCollins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nRuben Tejada<\/td>\nTejada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJuan Lagares<\/td>\nLagares<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nJosh Satin<\/td>\nSatin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nRetired<\/td>\nRetired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nTravis d’Arnaud<\/td>\nd’Arnaud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nRick Ankeil, Daisuke Matsuzaka<\/td>\nMatsuzaka?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nTim Teufel<\/td>\nTeufel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nZach Lutz<\/td>\nLutz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nAnthony Recker<\/td>\nRecker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nLucas Duda<\/td>\nDuda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nEric Young<\/td>\nYoung<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nMike Baxter<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nRicky Bones<\/td>\nBones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nTom Goodwin<\/td>\nGoodwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nJeurys Familia<\/td>\nFamilia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nDaniel Murphy<\/td>\nMurphy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nIke Davis<\/td>\nDavis?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nDavid Aardsma<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nLaTroy Hawkins<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nMatt Harvey<\/td>\nHarvey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nBrandon Lyon<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nDillon Gee<\/td>\nGee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nCollin McHugh, Juan Centano<\/td>\nCentano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nRetired<\/td>\nRetired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\nShawn Marcum, Vic Black<\/td>\nBlack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\nBobby Parnell<\/td>\nParnell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nTim Byrdak<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\nRetired<\/td>\nRetired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nRetired<\/td>\nRetired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nSean Henn<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nJohn Buck, Aaron Harang<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nZack Wheeler<\/td>\nWheeler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\nGreg Burke<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nAaron Laffey, Andrew Brown<\/td>\nBrown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nFrank Francisco<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nJon Niese<\/td>\nNiese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\nScott Atchison<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\nDave Hudgens<\/td>\nHudgens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\nCarlos Torres<\/td>\nTorres<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\nJeremy Hefner<\/td>\nHefner?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\nPedro Feliciano<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\nScott Rice<\/td>\nRice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\nJohan Santana<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nJennry Mejia<\/td>\nMejia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\nDan Warthen<\/td>\nWarthen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nVacantr<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nJosh Edgin<\/td>\nEdgin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\nWilfredo Tovar<\/td>\nTovar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nGonzalez Germen<\/td>\nGermen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\nRobert Carson<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74-99<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\nVacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Only a short week or two before ballplayers begin trickling into Port St. Lucie to begin another season and respective number assignments reveal themselves. It seems as though there’s been considerable turnover from 2013, which not only featured a lot of different players (53 in all), but an unusually large number of oddball high assignments. … Continue reading “Rock & Roll Over”<\/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":[411],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-met-mysteries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003","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=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2009,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions\/2009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}