Mack and Company on... Roster Move

Mack - Okay... We're into the season and the Mets are competitive. Andres Torres is going to be coming off the DL soon and a change has to be made. What's your call here? 

Christopher Soto - Man this is a tough call.... Captain Kirk is doing well and is on my HOT list this week, Bay is actually showing a little pop and some grit, and Duda will go back to being Duda soon. You can’t put any of them on the bench cause quite frankly Hairston and Baxter are both doing decently well. As much as I hate to say it, Kirk is probably going to have to go back to AAA. 

Erik Hudson - Keep Kirk Niewenhuis as the starting CF, Torres to the bench, Baxter to AAA.  If Bay struggles, or to just give him days off against tough righties, play both Kirk and Torres 

Brian Berness - Captain Kirk needs to get at bats, so if you are not going to keep him up here and let him play, send him to Buffalo. If not, make Torres your 4th OF and option Baxter. 

Jarod Alley -  Baxter has to be the guy to leave the big club and in no way would I sit Kirk.  

Anthony Carnacchio  - Honestly Fellas, Mr. Torres is gonna have to take a hike... If I'm going to Citi I was to see Bay, Captain Kirk and The Dude lined up in the OF. I don't want to see a 34 year old injury prone CF in the outfield. They’re rebuilding, somewhat competitive and have been exciting to watch. Don't ruin the kid's psyche by sending him down for performing well. 

Jack Flynn -  Andres Torres is a fourth outfielder on a good baseball team. He can play all three outfield positions well and although he's not a great base stealer, he can be used as a pinch-runner as well as a late-inning defensive replacement.

When Torres returns from the disabled list this week, it's not Kirk Nieuwenhuis that he should be replacing. Nieuwenhuis is off to an excellent start in his first-major league action and frankly, there's nothing in Torres's body of work that suggests he's a better player right now. Some guys are just major-league ready by the time they get to The Show, and it's possible that Nieuwenheis is one of them.

He's not going to finish the season with a .375 batting average, but even if Nieuwenheis puts up numbers similar to his two full seasons in the minors, it would likely represent an improvement of Torres's projected offensive output. Oddly enough, Torres's best season in baseball (2010 in San Francisco) mirrors a high-end projection for Nieuwenheis this year based on his minor-league results.

Mike Baxter is a proud Stanner from Archbishop Molloy High School ("We Are  *clap, clap*  A-M!!  *clap-clap*), but he may want to start checking out how the housing market in Buffalo is doing. When Torres comes back, it should be in the reserve outfielder role that Baxter is currently occupying. Torres and Scott Hairston give the Mets two versatile veteran outfielders who can spell any of the three established starters. One or both could even slide into a platoon role with the left-handed youngsters (Nieuwenheis and Lucas Duda) who should be getting the majority of playing time. (God, I miss Jack…)

Christopher Soto  - Another thing we have to think about is the Valdespin in CF project that's currently going on in CF.....He's getting a lot of playing time out there lately and it seems to be going well.

Reese Kaplan  - None of the above -- I'd cut Batista and take more time to see the three outfielders -- Nieuwenhuis, Torres and Baxter -- playing at the Major League level.  Then decide who goes (and promote either James, Egbert or Cabrera).