The Mets have made a collection of small moves in the last 24 hours ranging from the minors to working out the major league roster. The story up to this point is that the Mets needed to make room on their 40 man for Rauch and Francisco, and in addition they needed to figure out who they would tender contracts to at the tender deadline. In the last 24 hours the Mets have completed the following moves:
– Ronny Paulino non-tendered
– Mike Baxter non-tendered
– Mike Pelfrey Tendered
– Manny Acosta Tendered
– Ramon Ramirez Tendered
– Andres Torres Tendered
– Lucas Hay Signed
– Jeremy Hefner Claimed
– Garett Olson Signed
Let's Break This Down:
The Mets were expected to cut Paulino who never really fit on the team. The question now becomes how will the Mets deal with the back up catcher vacancy. They could sign a free agent, or they could save their money for an infielder (or one of the new pitchers that were just non-tendered by another team) and use Mike Nickeas as a back up catcher. The signing of Lucas Hay also seems like a back up, back up option for the Mets behind the plate.
Offering Pelfrey arbitration was expected, Acosta was also expected. Ditto for Ramirez and Torres.
The next questions for the Mets is how they will fit Rauch and Francisco on the roster if they make another signing, especially with Hefner now on the roster.
