News; Figueroa and Sosa DFA’d, Pagan to DL

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Sosa, Figueroa Designated
Published 5/13/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... The Mets designated pitchers Nelson Figueroa and Jorge Sosa for assignment today. Figueroa, a 34 year-old journeyman, provided a few decent starts but seems to have stopped fooling people.  Sosa was just terrible; the Mets will have to swallow his $2MM salary. ...

Sosa and Figueroa DFA’d by Mets
Published 5/14/2008 by Mr. Fleece at MLB Fleece Factor
... According to Metsblog.com, the Mets have designated pitchers Jorge Sosa and Nelson Figueroa for assignment. Figueroa did a nice job for New York spot starting while Pedro Martinez is out. Even though he posted a 5.12 ERA in 6 starts, the Mets won 3 of the 6 games in which he started. Sosa has been a nightmare out of the bullpen. He has given up two grand slams, and posted an ERA over 7.00. Matt Wise was activated, and Claudio Vargas’ contract was purchased from AAA to take their spots on the roster. ...

Mets Designate Figueroa, Sosa
Published 5/14/2008 by Eli (noreply@blogger.com) at MLB Rumors
... According to Metsblog.com, the Mets have designated Nelson Figueroa and Jorge Sosa for assignment. Figueroa was 2-3 with a 5.12 ERA so far this season, but it is possible he was designated because of his comments made towards the Nationals after they beat the Mets last night. The Mets called up Claudio Vargas in his place, who was a better option anyways, to take over in the rotation. As for Sosa, he was 4-1 with a 7.06 ERA but was struggling with his command. We will see someone go after Sosa, because he is still the ability to be an effective pitcher, but it is unclear who it ...

Jorge Sosa: How Did It All Go Wrong?
Published 5/28/2008 by Jeff Mathews at Mets Geek
... But one area that a manager does control is his bullpen usage. When to pull a pitcher and who to replace him with, based on the situation (score, batter, inning, etc), is directly under a manager’s control. And this is one area where Willie Randolph’s decisions have been especially . . . bad. Particularly in the case of the recently DFA’d ...