According to a tweet from Adam Rubin, the Mets have added Robert Carson, Jeurys Familia, Wilmer Flores, Reese Havens, Juan Lagares, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Cesar Puello to their 40-man roster to protect them from the rule-5 draft, which will take place at the winter meetings in December.
Go here: http://realdirtymets.com/2011/11/15/rule-5-draft-preview/ to read my preview of the rule 5 draft to see how wrong I was in my predictions and read about several of the guys that were not added.
Carson and Lagares just finished playing in the Arizona Fall League. We’ll have more coverage of the AFL, these roster additions, and the rule 5 draft in the coming days.
10 comments
Adam "Prismo"
11/18/2011-10:17pm at 10:17 pm (UTC -4)
So who is NOT protected who care about?
Bryan
11/18/2011-10:37pm at 10:37 pm (UTC -4)
Brad Holt is probably the biggest name, and as I wrote here: http://realdirtymets.com/2011/11/15/rule-5-draft-preview/ Holt is the classic type that teams take a chance on, so I wouldn’t be shocked if he was picked. Collin McHugh is also unprotected, he could be chosen.
MetsFan4Decades
11/18/2011-10:41pm at 10:41 pm (UTC -4)
I was loosely following Holt for the past couple of years.
Even if he does get picked up, I’m not thinking that’s any kind of loss. I just don’t see him as anything more than a middle reliever at this point. Shame, because he started out with more promise.
I don’t know much about McHugh.
I’m happy to see the 7 that were added to the roster though.
So that brings the roster up to 37? 3 spots to play with if we pick up a Rule V guy?
Bryan
11/18/2011-10:45pm at 10:45 pm (UTC -4)
I just did a quick count and there was 31 plus the 7, so it’s 38 total, which doesn’t leave a lot of flexibility at the moment.
Darknova306
11/19/2011-1:59am at 1:59 am (UTC -4)
Once Reyes is gone that drops to 37 total…
Bryan
11/19/2011-2:31am at 2:31 am (UTC -4)
Actually Reyes is already off the roster, as is everybody else that has filed for free agency.
Darknova306
11/19/2011-5:54am at 5:54 am (UTC -4)
Ah yes, that’s a good point.
Anonymous
11/19/2011-2:01am at 2:01 am (UTC -4)
Where does the time go? When they drafted Reese Havens I would have never thought he would be a guy who would even sniff Rule 5 considerations. Fully expected him on the Big Team by now. Maybe health will be on his side this year.
andrew silvestri
12/1/2011-4:49pm at 4:49 pm (UTC -4)
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SaltyGary
12/1/2011-4:57pm at 4:57 pm (UTC -4)
I SEE YOU HAVE POOR GRAMMAR AND DISPLAYING IT IN ALL-CAPS MAKES IT EVER MORE APPARENT.