LHP Adam Bostick – L/L – 6’1” 233 lbs – Acquired in trade w/ FLA w/ Jason Vargas for H. Owens & M Lindstrom – b. 3/17/83

Bostick’s season was cut short by micro-fracture surgery on his knee in May. In April, he was 2-1 in April with a 3.86 ERA but was 0-1 with a 10.67 ERA in May. The primary difference was that in May batters hit .354 against him versus .223 in April.

RHP Brian Stokes – R/R – 6’1” 210 lbs – trade for cash w/ TB 11/07 –9/7/79

Pulled off the Tampa Bay Rays scrap heap by the Mets, Stokes provided some effective innings for the New York bullpen, after serving as a starter in New Orleans. Note, however, that he was more than a little homer prone in the bigs.

Stokes is now 29. He’s no building block, of a franchise or a bullpen, but he served as a nice cheap piece in 2008. Stokes is unlikely to improve upon his 2008 work moving forward.

Brandon Knight – L/R – 6’0” 195 lbs – MiLB FA ’08 – b. 10/1/75

First Major league appearance sine 2002? First MLB start? First MLB win? Pitching your team to a spot in the medal round at the Olympics. Winning bronze in Beijing? Yeah, it was a pretty good 2008 for Brandon Knight. And remember, he almost quit playing for coaching.

Could he recapture the magic as a 33-year old to become a swingman again in 2009?

Carlos Muniz – R/R – 6’1” 190 – — 13^th rd ’03 LBSU – b. 3/12/81

Muniz didn’t allow a run for the first month of the season, until his 12^th appearance as a Zephyr. During this span, I was lucky enough to run into a few of Muniz’s friends in the parking lot before a Mets-Dodgers game in LA. Muniz is a middle reliever, if that, but nothing more.

Willie Collazo – L/L – 5’9” 170 – signed as MiLB FA 3/1/06 – b. 11/7/79

Collazo is a short lefty with a short fastball whose best pitch is a changeup. He’s fearless and will attack both lefties and righties with his heater, his change or his slider. If the Mets did not see fit to give Collazo a look in 2008, do you see it happening some other time?