The New York Mets just announced that RHP Jim Henderson has made the Opening Day Roster. Great news for him as he had a terrific Spring for the team. RHP Logan Verrett has also made the team, which means that both Erik Goeddel and Sean Gilmartin will begin the season in Triple-A Las Vegas. Gilmartin will be stretched out as a starter in Vegas and you can bet Goeddel will be the first reliever on call should the need arise.
Additionally, Johnny Monell, Matt Reynolds and Zack Thornton have each been reassigned to Las Vegas while Zack Wheeler and Josh Edgin were placed on the Disabled List. That means Eric Campbell and Kevin Plawecki have both earned spots on the Opening Day Roster.
In the end, the Mets decided they’d carry a traditional seven-man bullpen and five-man bench. I’ve updated everything down below for you.
Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson, RF
- David Wright, 3B
- Yoenis Cespedes, CF
- Lucas Duda, 1B
- Neil Walker, 2B
- Michael Conforto, LF
- Travis d’Arnaud, C
- Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
Bench
- Kevin Plawecki, C
- Wilmer Flores, IF
- Eric Campbell, IF
- Juan Lagares, OF
- Alejandro De Aza, OF
Starting Rotation
- Matt Harvey, RHP
- Noah Syndergaard, RHP
- Jacob deGrom, RHP
- Steven Matz, LHP
- Bartolo Colon, RHP
Bullpen
- Jeurys Familia, RHP
- Addison Reed, RHP
- Antonio Bastardo, LHP
- Jerry Blevins, LHP
- Hansel Robles, RHP
- Jim Henderson, RHP
- Logan Verrett, RHP
All in all, what a tremendous team we have entering the new season, so much to be excited about here. This is a significantly vast improvement over last year’s Opening Day roster. Let’s Go Mets!
