David Wright is now the Mets’ longest tenured player.
The Mets 40 man roster presently has 38 occupants.
12 of those are occupied by players acquired during Sandy Alderson’s tenure.
25 were acquired under Omar Minaya.
1 was acquired under Steve Phillips.
So how was the present 40-man roster created and by whom?
Sandy Alderson:
Trade – Vic Black, Travis d’Arnaud, Zack Wheeler, Eric Young.
Free Agency – Bartolo Colon, Scott Rice, Carlos Torres, Andrew Brown, Chris Young, Curtis Granderson.
Waivers – Ryan Reid, Anthony Recker
Omar Minaya:
International Free Agent – Jeurys Familia, Gonzalez Germen, Jenrry Mejia, Wilmer Flores,Ruben Tejada, Wilfredo Tovar, Juan Lagares, Cesar Puello
Draft – Jacob deGrom, Josh Edgin, Dillon Gee, Erik Goeddel, Matt Harvey, Steven Matz, Jon Niese, Bobby Parnell, Jeff Walters, Juan Centeno, Ike Davis, Zach Lutz, Daniel Murphy,Josh Satin, Matt den Dekker, Lucas Duda, Kirk Nieuwenhuis
Steve Phillips:
Draft – David Wright
Remember when Omar signed Pedro and the story was that with Pedro in the fold all the good young Dominican players would sign with Omar and the Mets. Wow how did that work out.