Normally by this time of the year the Mets have published an updated roster at their official site but as alertly pointed out by Jetropolitans in the comments section below, some outlets have gone live with updated rosters. These places (CBS Sports and ESPN) typically wouldn’t use “original” reporting for this, so it was likely passed along to them, and their rosters align. I suppose the interns they have working over at Mets.com just haven’t gotten to it yet. Meantime I’m checking with sources.
Assuming what they are reporting is accurate, here’s how it looks this morning. Note the CBS and ESPN rosters do not include figures for the coaching and field staff, but it would appear some would be on the move as a result of player changes: Plawecki from 22 to 26 (unseating Tom Goodwin) and Bastardo at 59 (Dan Warthen). There are still a pile of NRIs to assign.
To be continued…. New issues denoted with a *
| Number | Name | Notes |
| 1 | Vacant | was Eric Young |
| 2* | Dilson Herrera | Herrera reclaiming 2 from Juan Uribe; last wore 16 |
| 3 | Curtis Granderson | |
| 4 | Wilmer Flores | |
| 5 | David Wright | |
| 6 | Pat Roessler? | was coach Pat Roessler |
| 7 | Travis d’Arnaud | |
| 8 | Vacant | Uunassigned (Gary Carter) |
| 9 | Vacant | was Kirk Nieuwenhuis |
| 10 | Terry Collins? | |
| 11 | Ruben Tejada | |
| 12 | Juan Lagares | |
| 13* | Asdrubal Cabrera | was Jerry Blevins |
| 14 | Retired | Gil Hodges |
| 15* | Matt Reynolds | was Bob Geren |
| 16* | Alejandro De Aza | was Dilson Herrera |
| 17 | Vacant | unassigned (Keith Hernandez) |
| 18 | Tim Teufel? | |
| 19 | Vacant | was Johnny Monell (NRI) |
| 20* | Neil Walker | was Anthony Recker |
| 21 | Lucas Duda | |
| 22 | Vacant | was Kevin Plawecki |
| 23 | Vacant | was Michael Cuddyer |
| 24 | Vacant | unassigned (Willie Mays) |
| 25 | Ricky Bones? | was Bones in 2015 |
| 26* | Kevin Plawecki | was Tom Goodwin |
| 27 | Jeurys Familia | |
| 28 | Vacant | was Daniel Murphy |
| 29 | Eric Campbell | |
| 30 | Michael Conforto | |
| 31 | Retiring | Mike Piazza |
| 32 | Steven Matz | |
| 33 | Matt Harvey | |
| 34 | Noah Syndergaard | |
| 35 | Logan Verrett | |
| 36 | Sean Gilmartin | |
| 37 | Retired | Casey Stengel |
| 38 | Vacant | was Vic Black |
| 39* | Jerry Blevins | was Bobby Parnell |
| 40 | Bartolo Colon | |
| 41 | Retired | Tom Seaver |
| 42 | Retired | Jackie Robinson |
| 43 | Addison Reed | |
| 44 | Vacant | was Eric O’Flaherty |
| 45 | Zack Wheeler | |
| 46 | Vacant | was Tyler Clippard |
| 47 | Hansel Robles | |
| 48 | Jacob deGrom | |
| 49* | Josh Smoker | was Jon Niese |
| 50 | Rafael Montero | |
| 51 | Vacant | was Jack Leathersich |
| 52 | Yoenis Cespedes | |
| 53 | Vacant | (Coach here?) |
| 54 | Vacant | was Tim Stauffer (Coach here?) |
| 55 | Vacant | was Kelly Johnson (coach here?) |
| 56* | Jeff Walters | was Matt Reynolds (DNP), Scott Rice |
| 57 | Kevin Long? | was Long |
| 58 | Jenrry Mejia | |
| 59* | Antonio Bastardo | was Dan Warthen |
| 60 | Vacant | |
| 61 | Vacant | |
| 62 | Eric Goeddel | |
| 63* | Gabriel Ynoa | vacant in 2015 |
| 64 | Akeel Morris | |
| 65* | Robert Gsellman | was vacant in 2015 |
| 66 | Josh Edgin | |
| 67* | Seth Lugo | was vacant in 2015 |
| 68 | Dario Alvarez | |
| 69 | Vacant | was vacant in 2015 |
| 70-76 | Vacant | |
| 77 | Brandon Nimmo | |
| 78-99 | Unassigned |
My favorite time of year!
It would be cool if Cheech got 22. Lets go Mets!
If you search some of the NRIs manually on CBS or ESPN, you can see their numbers too (all but Raywilly Gomez and Roger Bernadina). That, plus assuming that most of the coaches retained their old numbers, fills in a lot of the gaps:
19 Johnny Monell
44 Buddy Carlyle
51 Jim Henderson
53 Dave Racaniello (Bullpen Catcher)
54 Stolmy Pimentel
55 Ty Kelly
60 Duane Below
61 Marc Krauss
70 Nevin Ashley
71 Xorge Carrillo
72 Gavin Cecchini
73 Travis Taijeron
74 Dominic Smith
75 T.J. Rivera
76 Chase Bradford
78 Eric Langill (Bullpen Catcher)
79 Paul Sewald
80 Zach Thornton
81 Danny Muno
By my count, this leaves Gomez, Bernadina, and coaches Tom Goodwin, Dan Warthen, and Dick Scott numberless. 0, 1, 9, 22, 23, 28, 38, 46, and 82-99 are still available (excluding semi-retired numbers).
If you manually search for the NRIs on CBS or ESPN, you can see their numbers too (all but Raywilly Gomez and Roger Bernadina). That, plus assuming that most of the coaches retained their old numbers, fills in a lot of the gaps:
19 Johnny Monell
44 Buddy Carlyle
51 Jim Henderson
53 Dave Racaniello (Bullpen Catcher)
54 Stolmy Pimentel
55 Ty Kelly
60 Duane Below
61 Marc Krauss
70 Nevin Ashley
71 Xorge Carrillo
72 Gavin Cecchini
73 Travis Taijeron
74 Dominic Smith
75 T.J. Rivera
76 Chase Bradford
78 Eric Langill (Bullpen Catcher)
79 Paul Sewald
80 Zach Thornton
81 Danny Muno
By my count, that leaves Gomez, Bernadina, and coaches Tom Goodwin, Dan Warthen, and Dick Scott numberless. 0, 1, 9, 22, 23, 28, 38, 46, and 82-99 are available (excluding semi-retired numbers).
That’s quite the demotion for Danny Muno! Thanks!
No problem, sorry for the double post, some computer issues there.