EX-METS: - Jesus Flores, Pedro Beato, Benny, Armando Benitez... and Edgardo Alfonzo

Jesus Flores (shoulder) has been cleared to begin a throwing program. Flores was limited during spring training because of his surgically-repaired right shoulder, spending the latter part of camp rehabbing with Dr. James Andrews' personal therapist. Now that he's been cleared, the throwing program is expected to last 4-6 weeks. He's also expected to swing a bat during that time. It's nice to hear he's making incremental progress, but he's nowhere close to returning to the Nationals' lineup. Ivan Rodriguez will continue to start behind the dish. - rotoworld.

Pedro Beato:

Pedro Beato followed Chorye and he also struggled to get his pitches down. At one point he was considered a top prospect after the Orioles drafted him as a supplemental number one pick with a reputed mid-90s fastball. The Mets had failed to sign him the previous year after drafting him in the 17th round. He’s taken some large steps backwards with his inconsistent performances and a fastball that is just short of the mid-90s is now hitting 92/93. He went two innings and though it will show in the box score that he didn’t walk a batter, he was struggling with his command - mwob

Benny:

Now that he's retired from baseball and enjoying life in his native Hawaii, Benny Agbayani sometimes gets "heat," as he put it, from folks on Oahu. They kid him about forgetting how many outs there were in an inning in the 2000 game when he famously gave a kid a souvenir ball and had to quickly take it back as Giants raced around the bases because there were only two outs. When Bobby Valentine, perhaps Agbayani's biggest supporter in the game who managed him with the Mets and with Japan's Chiba Lotte Marines, appears on ESPN, friends
say to Agbayani, "Hey, it's your dad on TV." Giants' fans - Agbayani says there are plenty in Hawaii - get on him about his clutch home run against San Francisco in the 2000 playoffs - Read more:  ink

Armando Benitez:

Fun fact about Armando Bentiez: after pitching most of last season with the Bears, Benitez was signed by the Astros and assigned to the AAA Round Rock Express. During his first game with the Express, Benitez gave up back to back to back to back home runs.- hardballtimes

Edgardo Alfonzo:

From 1997-2002, Alfonzo was one of the top young players in the National League. Alfonzo peaked with the Mets in 1999 and 2000, but his decline came shortly after. Alfonzo signed with the Giants after the 2002 season and his offensive numbers took an immediate nose dive. Thanks to a variety of injuries, age, and lack of production; Alfonzo was out of the majors for good by the end of the 2006 season. It's hard to believe that Alfonzo declined so quickly, but he will always hold a special place in the hearts of Mets fans.-
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