Opening Day roster is set

March

The Mets finalized their Opening Day roster by doing the following:

-Adding outfielder Lastings Milledge and Ambiorix Burgos. (They also made it official on David Newhan).

-Optioned Chan Ho Park to Class AAA New Orleans, which required Park’s approval because of his veteran status (over 11 years).

-Outrighted reliever Jon Adkins to Class AAA New Orleans, which means he’s off the 40-man roster. I confess, I didn’t think of this one.

-Announced would open the season in the minor leagues and start a game in the Florida State League, April 7, and rejoin the rotation, April 13.

Player comments to follow.

PITCHERS

Tom Glavine
Orlando Hernandez
John Maine
Oliver Perez
Billy Wagner
Aaron Heilman
Scott Schoeneweis
Pedro Feliciano
Aaron Sele
Joe Smith
Ambiorix Burgos

CATCHERS

Paul Lo Duca
Ramon Castro

INFIELDERS

Carlos Delgado
Jose Valentin
Jose Reyes
David Wright
Julio Franco
Damion Easley
David Newhan

OUTFIELDERS

Carlos Beltran
Moises Alou
Shawn Green
Endy Chavez
Lastings Milledge

This entry was posted on Friday, March 30th, 2007 at 4:40 pm by John Delcos.
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8 Responses to “Opening Day roster is set”

Jeff March 30th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Who gets demoted when Pelfrey comes up though?
Benny Ayala March 30th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Did Adkins have to pass through waivers in order to be outrighted? If so, then it would appear that they must have made this decision something like 72 hours ago, no?
dave March 30th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
I dont understand ambi at all..
GD March 30th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Burgos will get the “jorgo julio/kid gloves” treatment, you have to assume…thrown in non pressure situations until his has full command of his stuff. -Then he gives our bullpen a different look that no one else could…
DavidV March 30th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
I dont understand the Adkins situation either. If someone is outrighted they are unprotected right? So does that mean a team would have to use their Rule V to get him and pay the Mets $50k? Im sure there has to be more to it than the money…
Jon March 30th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
When will Pelfrey be officially sent down?
buddha March 30th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Adkins has to pass through waivers since he’s not on the 40 man roster. The rule V draft takes place in the off-season, and has nothing to do with waivers.

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