Toby’s Note at 4:39 PM Thursday:
I messed this up in my original post.  The Mets must add Carp to protect him.  Players are now eligible for  their fourth and fifth rule five drafts….
Thursday, November 20th is the deadline for MLB teams to file their reserve lists with the commissioner’s office identifying players on the roster [...]

Paul Greco of Gotham Baseball has been hanging out in Arizona talking to players and clearly sitting with the scouts at the games.  He posted a really strong player by player review for both the Mets and Yankees.
Excerpts of his commentary follows, as usual, mine is italicized.
P – Eddie Kunz : Although he’s been a [...]

Friday
@ Peoria Sagauros 7, Peoria Javelinas 5
2B Daniel Murphy: 2-2, HR, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Murphy helped turn one doubleplay.
C Josh Thole: 1-3, BB, R
Thole had a clean game defensively; the Javelinas did not steal a base, he had no passed balls, and Sagauro pitchers did not throw a wild pitch. 
 
RHP Bobby Parnell: 1 [...]

The Arizona Fall League released the first draft of its rosters Wednesday. The Mets assigned 23 year old RHP Tobi Stoner and 25 year old LHP Jason Vargas, 21 year old C Josh Thole, 23 year old INF Dan Murphy and 23 year old 3B Shawn Bowman to the Peoria Saguaros. The Mets can [...]