There are about 4 weeks left until the team comes north for Opening Day and it’s time to make some roster predictions:
Starters
- 1B Lucas Duda -- He’ll likely miss some time due to pain, but he’ll start at 1B
- 2B Neil Walker – He’s not getting paid $5 million more than Daniel Murphy to sit on the bench
- SS Asdrubal Cabrera – Amed Rosario isn’t even a pipe dream in 2017
- 3B Jose Reyes – He’s done nothing to earn it, he’s already been anointed as the starter
- C Travis d’Arnaud – The new swing is yielding positive results. Fingers crossed…
- LF Yoenis Cespedes – ‘nuff said
- CF Curtis Granderson – Too experienced and expensive for TC to bench him
- RF Jay Bruce – He'll either help the Mets directly or to drive up his trade value
- C Rene Rivera – No way Kevin Plawecki gets the nod over Rivera
- IF Wilmer Flores – Backing up at 1B, 2B and 3B
- IF TJ Rivera – A temporary reprieve from Las Vegas due to David Wright’s injury
- OF Juan Lagares – He’ll exist for defense alone like Rene Rivera
- OF Brandon Nimmo – Superior defense & speed wins out over Michael Conforto
- SP1 Noah Syndergaard
- SP2 Jacob deGrom
- SP3 Matt Harvey
- SP4 Steve Matz
- SP5 Robert Gsellman – better pedigree than Seth Lugo and healthier than Zack Wheeler
Relievers
- BP1 Addison Reed
- BP2 Fernando Salas
- BP3 Hansel Robles
- BP4 Jerry Blevins
- BP5 Josh Smoker – big strikeout arm and the other Josh is playing himself off the team
- BP6 Seth Lugo – Long man and spot starter
- BP7 Erik Goeddel – if he’s healthy enough, he’ll get the nod.
They won’t let the non 40-man roster invitees get a chance
because it means exposing someone to being claimed by another team. Guys like Ben Rowen, Paul Sewald and Tom
Gorzellany fit this category for pitchers, while Ty Kelly, Travis Taijeron and
others fail this litmus test for offensive players.
10 comments:
Yes, and it is very sad for Conforto, who is ready ready ready. But before him stands Grandy Grandy Grandy.
Reyes will get plenty of rest - I see him starting 5 days a week - still adds that speed element that is sorely needed. If Flores had above average speed, he'd be a major league starter, period. But he is slow, Mo.
Montero could still beat out Goedell, whose name I always mispel.
I like the team - let's hope it stays healthy.
Lastly, let's hope Harvey is back to at least a # 3 level starter when they break camp.
The Mets no longer trust Montero. He will pitch 2017 in Las Vegas one more time.
Goeddel is safe until Familia comes back.
I like your 25
Game today is on ESPN at 1pm -
Thor starts it, Tebow bats 8th
subs named for games on lineup card include: Kaczmarki, Berrios, Oberste, Thompson, Carpio, Boyd, Sanchez, and Brosher
should be fun game to watch
I don't see anyway Conforto gets the nod over Nimmo unless they just want to make sure he gets consistent at bats in AAA. I still hope for the last minute Bruce trade and it becomes a non-issue.
There is one twist here I hadn't mentioned. Once Familia is suspended, his status is kind of like being on the 60-day DL. What I mean is that he doesn't count against your 40-man roster, thus a non-roster player could be added to the team going north without having to remove anyone currently on the roster. The problem is that once demoted you still run the risk of that person being exposed to a claim by another team.
I was going to mention the suspension 40-man exemption. I think they will use it & worry about the consequences later. Most harmless would be to let Nimmo play CF regularly in LV with (gulp) Ty Kelly becoming the 25 man as long as Wright is out.
Ideally I'd like to see Michael Conforto playing CF regularly in AAA since he already knows the corners. That way they can determine whether or not he's a viable option when they pull the plug on the Curtis Granderson as starter era.
your probably 100 Pct accurate...
Still I am hoping for Ben Rowen... I like that motion brought to mess with guys after seeing thor for the first 6-7 innings
No Lugo? I'd give him a pen spot over Smoker.
I guess you skipped over him, Bill. He's there in the pen.
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