I May Be Wrong, But… Roster Opening – RHH OF/Back-up CF

People are telling me that the Scott Hairston injury can easily prevent him from heading to Queens in April. Hairston is your right-handed backup outfielder, plus the only player currently on the 25-man that legitimately can backup Andres Torres in centerfield.

There’s not many options ( and don’t get hung up by these stats because there are so few at-bats right now):

RHH Juan Lagares – (.000/.000/.000/.000) – The Mets need to play this guy in center during the spring to see if he has the range.

RHH Vinny Rotinno – (000/.000/.000/.000) – definitely not a center fielder (and we have already learned this short ST season that he has limitations at third).

LHH Kirk Nieuwenhuis – .250/.250/.250/.500 – The Captain may bat left, but he’s the only possible centerfield replacement if Torres went down (it’s just too early to consider Matt den Dekker).

RHH Josh Satin – (.600/.600/.600/1.200) – this is the bat the Mets need, but he’s never played a game in center.

RHH Cesar Puello – (.500/.500/.500/1.0000 -played some center today in a split schedule game.

Summation:  Too early to call.