The Mets are now in the 2nd half of the spring. The Mets sent a bunch of players to the minor league camp earlier and now have about 2-3 weeks to make some decisions.
Most of the decisions lye in the bullpen. The offense is pretty much set unless Smithtown boy has a breakout 2-3 weeks we will probably see Mike Jacobs get the last bench spot with the other 4 spots going to Cora, Blanco, Tatis and Matthews as back ups.
The bullpen is another story. The Mets hold some options on Sean Green and Bobby Parnell. Green has changed his motion but it really has not helped much. Parnell is working on a secondary pitch. Figueroa has thrown up goose eggs all spring but he never seems to be in favor with this team.
To me its simple. Bring the best and the rest get shipped to Buffalo. My seven would be K-Rod,Pedro Feliciano,Ryota Igarashi,Fernando Nieve, Kiko Calero,Pat Misch and Takahasi.
Green to me has really done nothing over the course of the past year to guarantee a pass to make the team besides of course his almost 1M salary.
Parnell was added to the team last year due to the team needing someone to be a bridge to Putz and K Rod and he failed when he was pushed into the 8th inning role.
This year the Mets have more guns for the bullpen including Kiko Calero, Takahashi and Ryota Igarashi. Of course there is the case of Mejia but I like my counterpart Metfan73 believe he needs to go to Triple AAA. Yhere is no rush for the 20 year old to come up and blow out is arm.
Mets do not need to make it difficult . Bring the guys who know how to pitch. The means get crucial outs and throw strikes. Sorry Parnell and Green to me your not in the mix.
See Rubin’s take here
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