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Old 02-23-2008, 06:46 PM   #23
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This is one of the first years in a long while that I can remember the Mets having so little roster competition...there are maybe 2 spots not locked down yet, tops. The locks so far are:

Rotation: Santana, Pedro, Perez, Maine, El Duque
Bullpen: Wagner, Heilman, Feliciano, Schoeneweis, Sanchez, Wise
Lineup: Reyes, Castillo, Wright, Beltran, Delgado, Alou, Church, Schneider
Bench: Castro, Endy, Anderson, Easley

Jorge Sosa and Mike Pelfrey are gonna duke it out for the final pitcher spot...though Sosa has the clear inside track to make it as the long man, Pelfrey won't be in the bullpen and he'd have to pitch completely out of his mind to knock El Duque out of his rotation spot. And if they did that, Duque would be pissed off.

Then the 25th man spot is up for grabs, but Ruben Gotay has the inside track especially due to being out of options. Olmedo Saenz, Brady Clark, and Angel Pagan are probably the only others with a shot at getting the spot, though one of them may come in as an unofficial 26th man if the Mets decide to go with 11 pitchers to start since they won't need a 5th starter for a few weeks.
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