Fernando Tatis and Tony Armas are both still waiting on their visas to be straightened out so that they can join the team in Port St Lucie.

Tatis is extremely unlikely to find his way to the 40 man roster, though by remaining with the Mets organization it makes it his longest stretch with one club since he was a Montreal Expo in 2003.  Armas probably has a better chance of seeing Shea, but more in a situation that involves the type of injury depletion that brought us starts by Jose Lima and Jeremi Gonzalez.

The New York Mets announced that they have signed RHP Duaner Sanchez to a one-year, major league contract. The team also announced the signings of INF Anderson Machado, RHP Juan Padilla, RHP Joselo Diaz, RHP Andy Cavazos, LHP Ryan Cullen, 3B Fernando Tatis, C Robinson Cancel and C Salomon Manriquez to minor league contracts and invited them to spring training.