Thursday, March 6, 2008

Someone's too old for this shit

What follows is what I imagine would be the Mets starting lineup on opening day:

SS Jose Reyes
2B Luis Castillo
CF Carlos Beltran
3B David Wright
1B Carlos Delgado
LF Moises Alou
RF Ryan Church
C Brian Schneider

What follows next is a list of injured Mets:
2B Luis Castillo, knee, yet to play in spring training
CF Carlos Beltran, both knees, yet to play in spring training
1B Carlos Delgado, hip, yet to play in spring training
LF Moises Alou, hernia, out at least 6 weeks, will miss the start of the season
RF Ryan Church, concussion, no timetable for his return
C Brian Schneider, hamstring

Given that, here's what the Mets lineup would look like if they had a game today:
SS Jose Reyes
2B Jose Valentin
LF Damion Easley
3B David Wright
1B Marlon Anderson
C Ramon Castro
CF Endy Chavez
RF Angel Pagan (?)

But wait, there's more! The following is a list of backup Mets who are currently injured:
2B Jose Valentin, knee, yet to play in spring training
LF Damion Easley, ankle, yet to play in spring training
1B Marlon Anderson, bruised sternum
CF Endy Chavez, ankle and hamstring, yet to play in spring training

Well, maybe you can put Ruben Gotay at second base. Nope, he's on the shelf too. So here's my last attempt at piecing together a lineup for the Mets:
SS Jose Reyes
2B Anderson Hernandez
C Ramon Castro
3B David Wright
CF Angel Pagan
RF Fernando Martinez
1B David Wright
LF Jose Reyes

Good thing Wright and Reyes have those young legs, they are going to have some ground to cover. Maybe Johan Santana can play left field on days he's not pitching. They're paying him enough...

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