By Brian Joura
One thing that’s a little too easy to gloss over is a team’s 40-man roster. Part of the reason is that it’s constantly changing. The other part is that a lot of the names on there just aren’t very exciting. But the 40-man gives you the big picture, specifically how the depth of the organization shakes out. Right now, the Mets don’t have a ton of depth, which required David Stearns to sign a bunch of unexciting names.
It’s not significantly different from last year, when Billy Eppler’s option-reliever strategy was in full bloom. The Mets draft a bunch of pitchers year after year after year. Yet, they still have problems filling the pen at the MLB level, much less having a robust 40-man roster. This is not a plea to draft more relief pitchers. Instead, it’s a long-standing hope that some of the SP that the club drafts who don’t make it as starters find a new life in the pen.
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