M-ust E-nd T-he S-eason

I was just looking at the NY Mets 40-man roster and I notice that 25% of the team is currently disabled. That doesn’t even take into account that Luis Castillo (although technically not disabled) can’t play because he fell down the dugout steps and hurt his ankle or Oliver Perez who is mentally disabled.

I’ve heard people attempt to pin the blame on Omar Minaya saying something to the effect that under his watch somehow they have not been doing something right with the players causing these injuries. I can’t really accept that theory because last year Beltran, Delgado and Reyes only missed 3 games combined.

All I know is that this year has been and will be a total waste. What a shame for the Buffalo, I mean, NY Mets and their new Dodger Stadium, I mean Citi Field. Forget about loosing stars, you just can't compete on an every day basis in MLB without 25% of your team.

* -- Lance Broadway
64 Elmer Dessens
25 Pedro Feliciano
27 Nelson Figueroa
50 Sean Green
61 Livan Hernandez
* 40 Eddie Kunz
* -- Arturo Lopez
* 33 John Maine - 15-day Disabled List
* 48 Pat Misch
* 32 Carlos Muniz
** 49 Jon Niese - 60-day Disabled List
* 38 Fernando Nieve - 15-day Disabled List
39 Bobby Parnell
34 Mike Pelfrey
46 Oliver Perez
* 22 J.J. Putz - 15-day Disabled List
44 Tim Redding
75 Francisco Rodriguez
57 Johan Santana
43 Brian Stokes
* 36 Ken Takahashi
** 13 Billy Wagner - 60-day Disabled List
9 Omir Santos
23 Brian Schneider
4 Angel Berroa
1 Luis Castillo
3 Alex Cora
** 21 Carlos Delgado - 60-day Disabled List
* -- Anderson Hernandez
** 6 Ramon Martinez - 60-day Disabled List
* 11 Argenis Reyes
* 7 Jose Reyes - 15-day Disabled List
17 Fernando Tatis
5 David Wright
* 15 Carlos Beltran - 15-day Disabled List
* 6 Nick Evans
12 Jeff Francoeur
* 26 Fernando Martinez - 15-day Disabled List
28 Daniel Murphy
16 Angel Pagan
18 Jeremy Reed
10 Gary Sheffield
19 Cory Sullivan

- Blake Kearny

Blake Kearny is a retired baseball scout from Los Angeles, California. He currently runs a baseball school for children in Los Angeles.