Steven Matz, Erik Goeddel and Adam Kolarek were 1st 3 guys sent to minor-league camp. Mets will announce all at end of day. More coming.
Outfielder Cory Vaughn, son of former big-leaguer Greg Vaughn, also among early cuts from #Mets camp.
- #Mets players sent to minors: Matz, Goeddel, Edgin, Tovar, Verrett, Kolarek, Bradford, Plawecki, Muno, Lawley, Nimmo, Vaughn.
- Big early cut is Josh Edgin. Had only been registering upper 80s with fastball.
Adam Rubin 
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I'm pretty sure this locks in John Lannan for a 25 man roster spot.
Al Tamkus · Works at I don't work anymore
Time to give Davis a real boot, and ,cut him too :-)
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Christopher Soto · Follow · District I Coordinator at National Club Baseball Association
Too early for a decision on 1B. If he doesn't pick it up though he'll get cut before ST is over.
Matz is going to be knocking on Vegas' door by season's end and will see the Citi by September '15.
Adam - I'm sure Frank Viola would like that, but the Mets are going to take their time with Matz. He basically lost three seasons and the last thing you want to do is over-pitch that arm. He was held back innings wise in Savannah last year and I think you will see the same thing this season, first in St. Lucie, and then ending in Binghamton (when it warms up).
Agreed....AA is as far as he'll go this season if he stays healthy.
He's going to be Jon Niese's replacement
Not so sure...what if he completely dominates A and AA, as his early pitching this year suggests is a possibility...he could move faster. A la DeGrom.
@Tom
Degrom is the exception...not the rule.
Plus the team has so much more invested in Matz then they do DeGrom so they're more inclined to take their time with him. He'll be lucky if the club allows him to pitch more than 130 innings.
Hey Chris
Matz threw 120 innings last year, including playoffs (13 innings, 4 hits, 17 Ks). So my guess is 150 this year for him.
I didn't factor in playoff innings.....130 IP during reg season and if Binghamton makes playoffs an additional 12 is likely so yea I can see 150 being a possibility.
Lets agree to split the difference and say 140 :)
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