Mack Ade - Bubble Boys

Calm down Rubin… not those bubble boys.

Cut time is coming and it’s time to revisit some of the guys that are sitting on the bubble going into Spring Training.

3B Eric Campbell – Campbell played his fourth Mets season for Binghamton, hitting .247 in 405-AB. A .343 slugging percentage is not what the Mets are looking for as a replacement for David Wright someday. 

C Jean-Luc Blaquiere - J-L has been banged around his entire Mets career and spent 2011 either nursing his wounds or hitting .229 for Binghamton. 2012 would be his 8th year in the system.

SP Tobi Stoner – Tobi has pitched six seasons for the Mets, including two trips to Queens. Injuries slowed him down and he went 5-7, 6.05 in 21-G, 19-ST for Buffalo and Binghamton last year. Stoner turned 27 this past December.

OF Raul Reyes – Reyes has played six seasons in the Mets organization and actually had a good 2011 season in Binghamton (.292). His promotion to Buffalo didn’t go as well (.200) and he may be boxed out with the addition of some of the recent signings.

SP Scott Moviel – Moviel was a big (6-11) second round pick in 2007 who just hasn’t lived up to the scouting reports out of high school. Scott went 3-7, 5.56 for St. Lucie in 2010 and went back there last year to go 5-10, 5.10.  He could get a second chance in the pen, but I don’t see him earning a rotation slot either at the AA or A+ level in 2012.

SP Kyle Allen – Allen turned out heads in 2008 with the GCL-Mets and 2009 with Savannah, but he’s been on the downspin since. Last season, he went 6-11, 6.28 in 20-starts and six other appearances for St. Lucie. There just may be too much pitching in the organization right now to keep this going.

RP Ronny Moria – Moria has played organized ball for six years. The Mets signed him last year to fill in an opening in the Savannah pen (3-3, 2.53, 34-appearances). A promotion to St. Lucie (13.89-ERA) didn’t work out as well. There’s a good chance he will be edged out by one of the boys from Brooklyn.

RP Eric Niesen – 2011 was Niesen’s fifth year with the Mets, none of which ever resulted in a .500 winning percentage. Once a starter, he pitched 51 relief appearances last year for Buffalo and Binghamton, combining for a 3-8, 5.18 record.

2B Michael Fisher – Fisher split time in 2011 between Binghamton (.290) and Buffalo (.259). He’s pretty well boxed out at AAA with Reese Havens holding down second and four recent minor league signings of infielders. He will play 2012 as a 27-year old, so his time may be up even though he played well last year.