Note: Carp, Abreu, Marlon and Back-up 1B
On Tuesday, Mets 1B Michel Abreu hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth giving the Mets a 4-4 tie.
Yesterday, during a loss to the Tigers, Abreu was 1–4 with a run scored. However, with the bases loaded in the 
ninth, he hit into a game-ending double play.
…i’m getting a lot of e-mail from readers wondering if abreu will be the team’s back-up first baseman…
However, talking with reporters yesterday, Marlon Anderson said he is capable of being Carlos Delgado‘s back-up first baseman.
…the sooner we all accept that marlon, Ruben Gotay and Damion Easley will be this team’s all-purpose, every-position, back-up infielders, the better we all will be…
…by the way, according to SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt, Mike Carp is not in camp with the Mets…
…this seems odd to me, in that he was such a popular player last spring, garnering praise from Omar Minaya to Willie Randolph…but, i guess after a sluggish, injury-plagued season, he’ll have to wait until next year…which still seems odd to me, if for not other reason than i’d think the team would want as much of a read on him as possible, seeing as Carlos Delgado is a free-agent after next season…unless they already know something about carp that we don’t know…
