Some discussion in the post below raised the practice of dressing young prospects at camp. I was certainly expecting to see Zack Wheeler wearing his preferred 45 but was pleased to see the Mets haven’t granted him that priviledge quite yet. As Gogred points out, Dwight Gooden wore 64 as a spring training invite in 1984 (and again many springs later in an atempt to recapture the feeling. At this time in 2004, David Wright was rocking No. 72 — although Jose Reyes wore 7 during 2003’s spring training. Last year, Matt Harvey was 70 and Kirk Nieuwenhuis was 72. It’s believed that Travis D’Arnaud could be assigned his preferred 15 (I incorrectly said 16, below) but there’s something to be said for reminding the youngsters to have some humility.
We should have the first sightings of unis and/or rosters real soon. Keep an eye out.
Submitted by Hodges14 (not verified) on Fri, 02/08/2013 – 3:18pm.
Shaun Marcum was issued 38 as verified by the Mets Facebook page.
Submitted by jetropolitans (not verified) on Mon, 02/11/2013 – 9:44am.
1. Jordany Valdespin, if/of
2. Justin Turner, if/of
3. Omar Quintanilla, ss
4. Collin Cowgill, of
5. David Wright, 3b
6. Marlon Byrd, of
9. Kirk Nieuwenhuis, of
11. Ruben Tejada, ss
12. Brandon Hicks, if
15. Travid d’Arnaud, c
16. Brian Bixler, if/of
19. Zach Lutz, if/of
20. Anthony Recker, c
21. Lucas Duda, lf
22. Landon Powell, c
23. Mike Baxter, of
27. Jeurys Familia, rhp
28. Daniel Murphy, 2b
29. Ike Davis, 1b
30. LaTroy Hawkins, rhp
32. Jenrry Mejia, rhp
33. Matt Harvey, rhp
34. Brandon Lyon, rhp
35. Dillon Gee, rhp
36. Collin McHugh, rhp
38. Shaun Marcum, rhp
39. Bobby Parnell, rhp
40. Tim Byrdak, lhp
44. John Buck, c
46. Greg Burke, rhp
47. Aaron Laffey, lhp
48. Frank Francisco, rhp
49. Jonathon Niese, lhp
50. Scott Atchison, rhp
52. Carlos Torres, rhp
53. Jeremy Hefner, rhp
55. Pedro Feliciano, lhp
56. Scott Rice, lhp
57. Johan Santana, lhp
58. Cesar Puello, of
60. Darin Gorski, lhp
61. Wilmer Flores, 3b/2b
62. Elvin Ramirez, rhp
63. Juan Lagares, of
64. Reese Havens, 2b
65. Zack Wheeler, rhp
66. Josh Edgin, lhp
68. Matt den Dekker, cf
70. Wilfredo Tovar, ss
72. Juan Centeno, c
73. Robert Carson, lhp
76. Josh Satin, if
77. Andrew Brown, of
80. Jamie Hoffmann, of
– Hansel Robles, rhp
– Gonzalez Germen, rhp
– Rafael Montero, rhp
– Cory Mazzoni, rhp