Hat tip to Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse for pointing out a seemingly minor roster move early in the 2009 season that the Mets are surely regretting today.
"Darren O'Day retired 18 straight batters before walking the first man he faced Friday and has a 1.91 ERA for the Rangers. The Mets took him in last winter's Rule 5 draft but, shortsightedly, opted to cut him in April when they called up Nelson Figueroa for a spot start."
O'Day has pitched better than Francisco Rodriguez, better than JJ Putz, better than even Pedro Feliciano - by far the most effective and reliable Met reliever in 2009. There was no reason to release him in the first place; Omar Minaya had several players with minor-league options on his roster than he could have demoted to make room for Figueroa.
(Read the entire post at Productive Outs and Crackerjack.)
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