Flores and Lagares also figure to make their debuts unless they have a terrible year. Both will play in Vegas at some point in 2013 and are already on the 40-man roster.
For the same reason, Darin Gorski is likely to appear in the majors.
RH Gonzalez Germen has a good shot at a callup as a reliever since he´s on the 40-man as well for the time being.
In case Ruben Tejada has to go on the DL, the Mets may well call up Wilfredo Tovar.
So, these 5 all seem to have at least a 50-50 shot.
The forgotten man on the 40-man roster is 2b Reese Havens who turns 27 this year. While he´s brittle and underperformed in 2012, there´s a chance he gets the call too – if he keeps his roster spot. If the Mets add a SP, a RP and an OF between now & April, Havens may lose the 40-man roster spot, possibly be claimed and debut with another organization.

Puello & Robles are on the 40-man too but seem doubtful to make it, barring a true breakout year in 2013. Odds probably are below 25 %, given both figure to open 2013 in High A ball.

Other natural candidates are those players who will need to be protected on the 40-man after the 2013 season anyway:
OF Matt Den Dekker certainly seems likely.
OF Corey Vaughn & OF Darrel Ceciliani face sort of “make or break” seasons. If they master AA, there´s a good chance for a September cup of coffee for them as a reward.
Same is true for RHP Jake DeGrom who could be fast tracked based on his advanced age (24) and plus stuff.

RH Domingo Tapia and LH Steve Matz also are prime candidates for Rule V protection after 2013 but probably are too far away to realistically appear.

Obviously a bunch of lesser ceilinged upper level prospects such as C Juan Centeno, RH Ryan Fraser, RH Armando Rodriguez, RH Eric Goeddell, RH Adrian Rosario, RH Greg Peavey, LH Hamilton Bennett or LH Adam Kolarek could force their way onto the roster with a strong season – sort of like Elvin Ramirez did in 2012. I´d guess at least 2 out of these 8 appear in games for the Mets in 2013.

Since the 40-man roster could be rather clogged, it´ll be very hard for anyone to crack it without needing protection.

RH Cory Mazzoni
RH Raffael Montero
LH Jack Leathersich
IF Danny Muno
RH Logan Verrett
RH Tyler Pill
all have an outside chance with a really good season.
But considering how many other players are eligible for the Rule V a year from now, it´d be difficult using up spots on players who wouldn´t need to be protected on the 40-man until after 2013.

But if the GOAL is to build a young team that can win in a sustained manner….
The guys whose clock have already started are as important to building that CORE as the guys whose clock isn’t started but are expected to complete the core your trying to build.

If we are building around guys like Davis and Tejada by adding Wheeler and d’Arnaud then the fact your losing a year on the CLOCK on one player makes having another year on another irrelevant.

But further to my point still….
Why is ANYONE’s clock important at all?
Is it because when the clock runs out they have to leave?
Do they have to be replaced when the timer hits ZERO?
Does thier PAST THIER PRIME clock start when the MLB Service clock does?
Does delaying starting the clock delay the day they hit the age of 33?

Or is it that you have to PAY THEM a year earlier?

Is it all about MONEY?

If it is then this whole discussion of CLOCK is just another way of GMing a team based on Money and not success.
Get the success a year earlier then there is no reason to NOT pay them the money a year earlier….

Lets stop looking at how we build our team based on Money….
I am a fan of the Mets not a fan of the Wilpons…..

And I see no reason to hold back a kid that is READY, WASTE his youth on games that do not help the MLB team on some AAA team, all in the name of saving the wilpons a few million for one year.

You may not agree with that but this has nothing to do with PATENCE it’s all about WASTE…
If you are good enough to play in the MLB then PLAY HIM in the MLB not the AAA team where all he can really get out of being there is a year older….

Wheeler and ‘dArnaud will debut together as the Mets try for their first sellout of the year on April 26th against the Phillies. Wilmer will be up by mid-July when Murphy is traded. den Dekker will be up around the same time when Hairston is traded this go-round.

Is having d”Arnaud under control an extra year really important if Ike is gone because we lost control on him and they didn’t play together long enough to win something together that neither could do by themselves?

I just can’t understand how something can be important one minute than irrelevant the next by the same person only second apart.

We demand consistency from our baseball players but apparently never of ourselves.

would not surprise me at all to see guys that are kicking butt in Bingo brought in, though that will cause all kind of havoc on the 40 man. So it better be somethat that really looks ready, or at least has to be protected this off season.

so yeah, the rocket might be a stretch this year, but there is some chance.

We’ll see.