Randolph said Shawn Green will be activated tommorow, and that Carlos Gomez will get to stay and play for a little longer now that Endy is a card carrying member of the Injured Mets Outfielders Club (free gym bag, with membership!). So that calls up the quesion, who gets voted off the Mets bench?

We can first just rule out the no brainers, the bench guys that are not leaving us. Castro, Franco, Easley. Well, and Gomez. So that leaves us with Gotay, Johnson and Ledee.

Gotay has been looking good. His playing time has been a bit limited, spending just 10 innings at second base, and getting 43 at bats. Though he started slow, he's hitting .302 overall and has done well in the field. He has the potential to be platoon second baseman that Anderson Hernedez never quite managed to be. Decent performance by as the season continues could earn him a solid bench spot or even a surprise replacement for Stache in the future.  Though only an infeilder, if platooned with Valentin, Easley can be used as the utility OF (Chris Woodward style).

Ricky Ledee is a tough call. As mentioned the other day, he was hitting in the upper .200s in AAA, looked cold his first night out and then had a good day Saturday in the Mets loss with 2 hits.

Ben Johnson seems to have yet adjust to mlb pitching. 0-2 for the day as I type this, he's hit in just 3 of the 8 games he's appeared in so far, for a .182 average, all of them singles. He's also walked twice, and has one RBI. Younger than Ledee (older than Gomez) he has the look of someone who still needs some more time down in AAA. He had been playing well, though was on the minor league DL for a spell after a diving play resulted in a shoulder injury.  He seems the most likely candidate.  Though he could with time be a better player than Ledee, he doesnt seem ready and the time in AAA will probably do him good. He would be my bet for the one sent down tommorow.

After that, it will probably be tricky. If Alou is back, you could concievable keep Gomez despite the desire for him to play more, since his speed would make him needed more with Alou and Green both in. If he's performing expect to see him stay, and Ledee to go down. If he's not performing, its probably safe to assume he goes down. Of course, should Endy return first, Gomez goes down no matter what.  With Newhan sent down, I'd assume there's a very good chance of Gotay keeping that spot on the roster, when both Alou and Endy are activated.

Ricky Ledee and Dave Newhan have traded places.

Newhan has been struggling while being used the least of the bench players.  He's made a few nice moves out in the field, a couple key hits, but just a couple.  Overall he's hitting just .200 in 50 at bats.

Ledee has been down in AAA NO, and has played 55 games. The injuries at both Shea and NO have resulted in increased time for him, between Gomez and Johnson being up here and Lastings and Johnson having been on the minor league DL, he's been playing everyday. He's hitting .287 down there, with 18 walks and 38 RBI's.  Hopefully he'll be an improvement.

Apparantly I also owe an apology to my brother, who I promised that he'd never see Ledee in a Mets uniform this season. My bad.

Aside from the injuries to Lastings and Johnson, some might be wondering what else is going on down in the farm system.  So lets take a quick look.

Ricky Leedee, who was kind of briefly a Met last season, had a grand slam earlier in the week as part of a 4 for 5 day that helped the Zephyrs beat the Isotopes (Marlins AAA) 17 to 8.  Leedee followed this up by striking out five times Thursday and twice on Friday.  He's now batting .314, the slam was his sole homerun so far. Just remember, one bad diving catch by Alou, and he'll be in blue and orange.

Victor Diaz had four RBI's, which would be much cooler if he was still with the Met organization.  Now a Redhawk, he helped the Rangers AAA team defeat the Zephyrs 5-1. Mike DiFelice had the sole Zephyr RBI in the game, which took place yesterday.  It was his 8th RBI of the season,  he's now batting .360

Carlos Gomez went 0 for 4, this ended a 21 game streak in which he reached safely.  He's stolen 10 bases so far, getting caught 3 times.  The speedy Gomez has an OBP of .366, including 9 walks.

Robinson Cancel has been moved from the B-Mets to the Zephyrs to replace Lastings on the roster.  I…don't know anything about him.  Anyone?

Ruben Gotay has hit in seven straight, including a 4 for 7 day in Tuesdays romp. He's currently looking like the most likely option should we need second basemen (ie, Stache or Easley gets hurt).  Anderson Hernendez is..well, playing like Anderson Hernendez.

Up on the mound Chan Ho Park continues to survive thanks to the Zephyrs offense.  After Tuesdays win, he's 3-1 with a 7.29 ERA after 21 IP.  He's given up six homeruns and 17 runs total. I think the chances of us seeing Park promoted get smaller and smaller as the season goes on. We'll see Dave Williams first.  Jorge Sosa is the current cream of the crop.  3-0 with a 1.38 ERA.  He's given up just 4 earned runs, while striking out 24. 
should Pelf continue to struggle, I'm guessing Sosa will get the first shot at the 5 spot.

The Mets are set to make a number of call ups today, and most notable of those is Philip Humber, the Mets 2004 first round draft pick.

Dave Williams was also recalled and will start tonight. Brian Bannister, Lastings Milledge, Ricky Ledee, and Kelly Stinnett were called up as well.

Mike Pelfrey is headed to St.
Lucie where he will be treated for a minor back problem.

ESPN reports that Cliff Floyd hopes to be back on the field for Tuesday's
series opener against the Padres at Shea Stadium, but tests on Sunday
revealed enough irritation that he might have to sit longer.

“Tests show that I have some fluid in there and inflammation and thickening,” he told the New York Post.

Floyd may be available to pinch hit, but he said that playing the field was difficult.

“We'll
evaluate it on Tuesday,” Floyd said. “Hopefully I'll be able to do some
things that's going to allow me to go out and play, play the way I know
how to play.

“I don't think I'm ready to play.”

The state of Floyd's foot is likely to have hastened the Mets need to acquire Ledee.

The Los Angeles Dodgers placed backup outfielder Ricky Ledee on waivers Monday night and was quickly snatched up by the Mets.

Ledee give the Mets the a left-handed bat off the bench now they were looking for now that
switch-hitting Jose Valentin, and with Cliff Floyd's injured achilles, outfielder Endy
Chavez are playing regularly.