Mets Opening Day roster is now pretty much set. Twelve pitchers with a seven man bullpen; thirteen position players with a five man bench. At some point I am sure they'll add an extra bullpen arm and shorten the bench.
LINEUP:
Lagares/Nimmo - CF
Cabrera - 2B
Cespedes - LF
Bruce - RF
Frazier - 3B
Gonzalez - 1B
D'arnaud/Plawecki - C
Rosario - SS
BENCH:
Lagares/Nimmo
D'arnaud/Plawecki
Flores
Reyes
Evans
STARTING PITCHING:
DeGrom
Syndergaard
Harvey
Matz
Lugo
RELIEF PITCHING:
Familia
Ramos
Swarzcak
Blevins
Sewald
Gsellman
Rhame
WAITING IN THE WINGS:
Conforto
Vargas
There was some talk of activating Conforto for Opening Day. He's healthy, but he's had virtually no spring training. The decision to give him another 15 days seems prudent. That opens the door for Evans, who had been dropped from the 40-man and was barely on the radar screen. But he earned his way into the majors, at least for two weeks. Calloway promised that this roster would be a meritocracy and he has proven to be true to his word.
LGM!
LINEUP:
Lagares/Nimmo - CF (Nimmo having a great spring)
Cabrera - 2B (needs to stay healthy and then put together his typical year)
Cespedes - LF (Really looks good this spring- needs to stay healthy and could have a huge year)
Bruce - RF (always a lock for 30HR-90+rbi)
Frazier - 3B (needs to pick it up, not the greatest spring so far)
Gonzalez - 1B(Fux us) Most likely see a lot of Flores there which may turn out good)
D'arnaud/Plawecki - C (both are playing well)
Rosario - SS (looks pretty good)
BENCH:
Lagares/Nimmo
D'arnaud/Plawecki
Flores
Reyes (I like Reyes in a Utl role)
Evans
STARTING PITCHING:
DeGrom (need to have another good year)
Syndergaard (if healthy could make a run for CY)
Harvey (please give us 175 solid innings and be under a 4.00 era)
Matz (same as Harvey)
Lugo (nice number 5, need everyone to stay healthy as he would not be a nice number 2)
RELIEF PITCHING:
Familia (drives me crazy...)
Ramos
Swarzcak
Blevins
Sewald
Gsellman
Rhame
WAITING IN THE WINGS:
Conforto - need him
Vargas - please give us 175 and a 4.00 era
This could actually be a fun team this year.