Shoe And Sosa On The Block

Adam at the Daily News writes about Scott Schoenweis and Jorge Sosa being shopped by Omar Minaya:

Mets GM Omar Minaya has let teams know that relievers Scott Schoeneweis and Jorge Sosa can be obtained in trades, according to sources briefed on the players' availability. Schoeneweis has two years and $7.2 million left on his original three-year deal. Sosa will earn $2 million in his final year before free agency.

The Mets like Rule 5 pick Steven Register, who has a deceptive fastball, but will have to offer him back to the Rockies if there isn't room in the bullpen at Shea. Trading Sosa would open the long-relief role and help get Mike Pelfrey onto the staff in some capacity.

Long Shot For Register

Ben Shpigel at The New York Times writes about the Mets Rule 5 draft choice Steven Register and how he views his chances of landing in the Mets pen:

Register, a right-handed reliever who in four professional seasons has never pitched above Class AA, joined the Mets in December by way of the Rule 5 draft, whose rules stipulate that he must begin and end the season on the Mets’ 25-man roster or be offered back to the Rockies for $25,000, half his cost, before he can pitch in the minor leagues this season.

In other words, with only one slot seemingly open in the Mets’ bullpen, Register must prove that it is he and not, say, Matt Wise, Ruddy Lugo or Brian Stokes, who most deserves that honor.

“I don’t know what the odds are, but I know they’re not good,” said Register, who turns 25 in May. “But I have to hold on to the fact that people stick sometimes.”