A surprising announcement by Jerry Manuel. Its early and it would have been understandable if the Mets had allowed Fernando Tatis to compete for a platoon role. But the reasoning in sound. Having Tatis on the bench stengthens the team in many ways. If Bobby Kielty makes the team as well, two veteran RH bats will be available to Manuel who is signaling with this move that he wants to use his bench more.
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This post was written by bobsikes on February 22, 2009
