We've discussed what the best Mets roster would be, what about your favorite Mets roster (26 man) ? This one should be interesting (and reveal our ages!).

Love this lineup with Fonzi leading off:

Alfonzo 2B (McNeil is slowly pushing here)
Kieth Hernandez 1B (Alonso making a big run at Kieth)
Beltran CF
Wright 3B
Piazza C
Strawberry RF
Cespedes LF (2015 version)
Rey Ordonez SS

Bench:
Gary Carter C
Alonso 1B
McNeil UT
Endy Chavez OF
Wilmer Flores IF
HoJo IF

Rotation:
deGrom
Seaver
Gooden
Cone
Leiter

Bullpen:
Billy Wagner
Turk Wendall
Jeff Innis
Bobby Parnell
Pedro Feliciano
Duaner Sanchez
Rick Aguilera

Really? Nothing here? Haha....

Mike Piazza. He’s my favorite.

I really liked Turk Wendell— tooth necklaces and a rubber arm...awesome. Also liked Cliff Floyd. He shared a story about going to Wrigley on Father’s Day as a child with his father and Cliff’s childhood friends. A special day, and it made him feel seven feet tall. I liked that story. I liked Lastings Milledge, he high fived fans and was an NYFS booster. I loved Rey Ordonez. John Olerud wore a helmet in the field and vowed to defend first base with his life, so of course I liked him. I loved Scott Kazmir and he was never even a Met.

The list goes on. RA Dickey — The Ultimate Wild Card. The Ace that Never Was. Please think back on the bewilderment that was RA Dickey. He named his bats mythological sword names, threw a fast knuckleball with precise control, and aww shucked his way to dominance. I loved RA Dickey.

Fernando Tatis came out of retirement to build a church, signed a minor league deal with the Mets, signed a bigger major league contract later, and hopefully, built a bigger church. Loved that.

Johan Santana. Loved him. Mike Baxter— him too.

Truth is, I kinda love them all. Even the ones I don’t or didn’t at the time, I really actually do and really actually did— even you, Luis Castillo.

I guess they’re all my favorite.

I like the Mets. If you wear the uniform you're probably ok with me.

Not Luis Castillo. Yes to everything else.

Olerud had a brain aneurism in college, he missed a year or part of a year and that's why he wore a helmet in the field. He was also a hek of a pitcher in college. Amazing player. He didn't play any minor league games before making his debut in the majors.

I'd take Olerud over Keith personally. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my preference.

Whoever's playing.

Unless it's Gary Sheffield.

I put a lot of thought into this. I hope you agree:

1. Luis Castillo - 2B
2. Roger Cedeno - RF
3. Doug Mientkiewicz - 1B
4. Shane Spencer - LF
5. Eric Campbell - 3B
6. Kazuo Matsui - SS
7. Andres Torres - CF
8. Vance Wilson - C

SP
Jon Niese
Dillon Gee
Glendon Rusch
Jeff D'Amico
Mike Bacsik

RP
Braden Looper
Hansel Robles
Satoru Komiyama
Frank Francisco
Guillermo Mota
Scott Schoeneweis

Desi Relaford

Loved RA. Yeah, I'd probably have to add him somewhere if I re-opened my roster.

When boredom sets in, your mind either shuts down or wanders looking for stimulation. I'm not sure if this is the result of an idle mind or an active one but here goes. Inspired by this thread, I, along with some friends, decided to make a list of Mets, by number, who were significant to Mets history. We didn't include present Mets, some of which will be significant in the future. We didn't necessarily select the best players either. Here's the list. See how you rate them..

0 Rey Ordonez
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1. Mookie Wilson
2. Justin Turner
3. Bud Harrelson
4. Len Dykstra/Robin Ventura
5. David Wright
6. Wally Backman
7. Ed Kranepool/Jose Reyes
8. Gary Carter
9. Jim Hickman
10. Rusty Staub
11. Wayne Garrett
12. Ron Darling
13. Edgardo Alfonso
14. Gil Hodges
15. Carlos Beltran
16. Doc Gooden
17. Keith Hernandez
18. Darryl Strawberry
19. Bob Ojeda
20. Howard Johnson /Tommie Agee
21. Cleon Jones
22. Don Clendenon
23. Bernard Gilkey
24. Art Shamsky
25. Bobby Bonilla
26. Dave Kingman
27. Don Cardwell/ Craig Swan
28. John Milner/ Daniel Murphy
29. Dave Magadan
30. Nolan Ryan/Cliff Floyd












31. Mike Piazza
32. Jon Matlack
33. Ron Hunt
34. Bob Apodaca
35. Rick Reed
36. Jerry Koosman
37. Casey Stengle
38. Roger Craig
39. Gary Gentry
40. Bartolo Colon
41. Tom Seaver
42. Ron Hodges
43. Jim McAndrew/ R.A. Dickey
44. David Cone
45. Tug McGraw/John Franco/Pedro Martinez
46. Oliver Perez
47. Jesse Orosco
48. Aaron Heilman
49. Armando Benitez
50. Sid Fernandez
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99. Turk Wendell

4. Ron Swoboda - if nothing else, for that catch