Mets News: Fred Lewis Also Chopped From 40-Man Roster

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• TRS86 October 17, 2012 at 1:02 pm

  Yup, I would assume many more to follow.
  However, you also have to take the FA off as well and some that will not be offered arbitration.
  • jessep October 18, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    You also have Byrdak, Pelf, Gee.

    So obviously Gee is going back on. Pelfrey who knows what they will do to be honest. Byrdak won’t get a spot.

    So you have decisions on: Acosta, Carson, McHugh, Elvin Ramirez, Ramon Ramirez, Jon Rauch, Chris Young, Nickeas, Shoppach, Cedeno, Hairston, Torres to come right?

    Obviously some are FA like Hairston but if re-signed (doubtful) they still need a spot.
    • srt October 18, 2012 at 12:57 pm

      Pelfrey non tendered is a given.
      Whether they offer him a minor league contract remains to be seen.
      With the pitching drought some teams have, I wonder if Pelf will have a few offers of a 1 year ML contract, even though he likely won’t be ready by opening day.
      • jessep October 18, 2012 at 1:02 pm

        Right – I agree but if they have hope for him then eventually he’ll need a 40 man spot.
      • taskmaster4450 October 18, 2012 at 7:27 pm

        Pelfrey has Boros as his agent. He will get a major league deal from someone. His days as a Met are over. I would say you can expect $1.5M-$2M guaranteed with incentives added in.
        • jessep October 18, 2012 at 7:29 pm

          Not necessarily. He still has to rehab remember and will likely be on some sort of innings limit. He may just get a performance bonus based deal ya know?

          Boras is no dummy – his goal for 2013 is to showcase Pelfrey to get him a bigger deal after the season ends. He’ll take any opportunity he gets for that.
          • Trs86 October 18, 2012 at 7:55 pm

            Agreed, how many teams will give him an MLB deal before he is even ale to pitch again?
            • Stick October 18, 2012 at 9:27 pm

              the problem with Pelf, and factoring in Boras, is that he is a FA at the end of the year. So, some team will pay him to mostly rehab and get himself back in form, so that he can just walk away.
• stick October 17, 2012 at 1:29 pm

  havens is an enigma, but I still think Lagares could amount to something. Hard to believe there are not bigger pieces of deadwood to cast aside than him.
  • TX October 17, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    Yeah, I’d like it if they could get one more year to see on Havens.
• Donal October 17, 2012 at 2:05 pm

  Lagares? Really? I’d actually protect him.
• TRS86 October 17, 2012 at 2:11 pm

  I tried to look at the 40 man for just a minute and what I noticed that if you looked at the “effective” 40 man you really only have about 30 players by the time you take your FA and guys like Acosta off the list.
• Guillermo parra October 17, 2012 at 6:19 pm

  first leave 40-man roster chris young, jon rauch, ramon ramirez and one between Justin Turner and ronny cedeño, that Resse or lagares
• jerseymet October 18, 2012 at 2:47 am

  Johnson did a good job for the organization. Buffalo had a great year deveoping major league pitching. Rob was a big part of it. He may never get a regular role in the majors. I hope he resigns with us. After all he is the Mets All Time ERA leader (one inning or more).
• Bayonne Mets Fan October 18, 2012 at 12:50 pm

  Awwww…. He was this year’s Brad Emaus. You know..that minor league OBP transcending to major league success thingy these guys like to look for. But they did hit the jackpot with Mike Baxter who also had that minor league OBP thingy thing going on.

  RIP Emaus and Lewis.
  • Alex68 October 18, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    Lmao… THIS^^^^ and Thanks for commenting and don’t forget The CORE salute you bayonne.. But hey, BLAME THE WILPONS for lewis being cut..
• Alex68 October 18, 2012 at 1:07 pm

  If i see cedeno, rauch, ramirez, torres on the roster next year i will vomit trough my ears .. i mean, when do the fan base start caring about winning again? Can we move on from those losers and POS’s players we have acquire the past 2 years already!?/
  • TRS86 October 18, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    Alex I get your distaste for the FO, I really do. However, how is it that you do not care for a guy like Cedeno as a quality backup?
    .259 .332 .410 .741 from a guy that can play multiple IF positions, what’s the problem there other than who signed them?
    • srt October 18, 2012 at 1:26 pm

      Cedeno was a good pick up and I hope we can get him back.
      Might not happen though b/c I remember reading that his agent believes he’s good enough to be a starting IF on some teams and that’s how they’re attempting to market him this off season.
• Bayonne Mets Fan October 18, 2012 at 1:19 pm

  I bet Fred Lewis was pretty high up on the PPPA for the Mets. Maybe he even led the team in PPPA despite limited appearances?

  So Andres Torres is the Mets most patient hitter and Fred Lewis probably was right up there with PPPA.

  Perfect! The philosophy at work!
• TRS86 October 18, 2012 at 1:21 pm

  I said this yesterday but the effective 40 man roster is MUCH lower after FA, etc.
• Reese October 18, 2012 at 1:38 pm

  Here’s the 40 man roster:

  46 Manny Acosta R-R 6’4″ 215 May 1, 1981
  40 Tim Byrdak 60-day DL ** L-L 5’11″ 190 Oct 31, 1973
  73 Robert Carson L-L 6’4″ 240 Jan 23, 1989
  43 R.A. Dickey R-R 6’2″ 215 Oct 29, 1974
  66 Josh Edgin L-L 6’1″ 225 Dec 17, 1986
  27 Jeurys Familia R-R 6’4″ 230 Oct 10, 1989
  48 Frank Francisco R-R 6’2″ 250 Sep 11, 1979
  35 Dillon Gee 60-day DL ** R-R 6’1″ 205 Apr 28, 1986
  33 Matt Harvey R-R 6’4″ 225 Mar 27, 1989
  53 Jeremy Hefner R-R 6’4″ 215 Mar 11, 1986
  36 Collin McHugh R-R 6’2″ 195 Jun 19, 1987
  32 Jenrry Mejia R-R 6’0″ 205 Oct 11, 1989
  49 Jon Niese L-L 6’4″ 215 Oct 27, 1986
  39 Bobby Parnell R-R 6’4″ 200 Sep 8, 1984
  34 Mike Pelfrey 60-day DL ** R-R 6’7″ 250 Jan 14, 1984
  62 Elvin Ramirez R-R 6’3″ 210 Oct 10, 1987
  52 Ramon Ramirez R-R 5’11″ 200 Aug 31, 1981
  60 Jon Rauch R-R 6’11″ 290 Sep 27, 1978
  57 Johan Santana L-L 6’0″ 210 Mar 13, 1979
  55 Chris Young R-R 6’10″ 260 May 25, 1979
  # Catchers B/T Ht Wt DOB
  4 Mike Nickeas R-R 6’0″ 215 Feb 13, 1983
  6 Kelly Shoppach R-R 6’0″ 220 Apr 29, 1980
  30 Josh Thole L-R 6’1″ 215 Oct 28, 1986
  # Infielders B/T Ht Wt DOB
  13 Ronny Cedeno R-R 6’0″ 195 Feb 2, 1983
  29 Ike Davis L-L 6’4″ 230 Mar 22, 1987
  71 Wilmer Flores R-R 6’3″ 190 Aug 6, 1991
  74 Reese Havens L-R 6’1″ 195 Oct 20, 1986
  19 Zach Lutz R-R 6’1″ 220 Jun 3, 1986
  28 Daniel Murphy L-R 6’2″ 205 Apr 1, 1985
  11 Ruben Tejada R-R 5’11″ 185 Oct 27, 1989
  2 Justin Turner R-R 6’0″ 210 Nov 23, 1984
  5 David Wright R-R 6’0″ 210 Dec 20, 1982
  # Outfielders B/T Ht Wt DOB
  23 Mike Baxter L-R 6’0″ 195 Dec 7, 1984
  44 Jason Bay R-R 6’2″ 210 Sep 20, 1978
  21 Lucas Duda L-R 6’4″ 255 Feb 3, 1986
  12 Scott Hairston R-R 6’0″ 205 May 25, 1980
  76 Juan Lagares R-R 6’1″ 175 Mar 17, 1989
  9 Kirk Nieuwenhuis L-R 6’3″ 215 Aug 7, 1987
  67 Cesar Puello R-R 6’2″ 195 Apr 1, 1991
  56 Andres Torres S-R 5’10″ 195 Jan 26, 1978
  1 Jordany Valdespin

  Acosta, Byrdak, Cedeno, Hairston, Torres, Young, Shoppach, R. Ramirez, Rauch and Pelfrey are all givens not to be on the team’s roster as they will be non-tendered or leave as FAs. Nickeas can be dropped. McHugh and Hefner are on the bubble as are Lutz and Havens. There is plenty of room for Rule V additions and new acquisitions.
  • TRS86 October 18, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    Yup, as I termed it the “effective 40 man roster” is much lower.
• Russell Zanca October 19, 2012 at 2:02 pm

  I’m gonna miss Fred!