By Brian Joura
The Mets announced a bunch of moves yesterday, including one or two that seem surprising. While it was expected for Carlos Carrasco to declare for free agency and Omar Narvaez to exercise his option to remain with the club, the Mets also waived six players. Those were: Peyton Battenfield, John Curtiss, Elieser Hernandez, Bryce Montes de Oca, Denyi Reyes and Tim Locastro. By my count, that leaves 33 players on the 40-man roster, counting two guys who will need to be activated from the 60-day IL, players with options who may or may not be back and arbitration-eligible players who may still be non-tendered.
The options and non-tenders will be sorted out soon enough, which leaves promoting players who would otherwise be exposed to the Rule 5 Draft. Jeremiah Jackson is a lock to be added and there are others who will be protected as well. But let’s look at the guys currently on the 40-man:
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