Matthew Cerrone, from MetsBlog: Speaking of position players, I was sent a question from Ted in Brooklyn, and he asked, ‘When you have guys like Damion Easley and Argenis Reyes, who maybe weren’t hitting so well off the bench, why didn’t you turn to guys like John Rodriguez or Val Pascucci, who were hitting really [...]

This past weekend, the Mets signed 30–year-old free-agent OF John Rodriguez to a minor-league contract. 
Rodriguez, who was 1 for 3 in his first game for Triple-A New Orleans yesterday, hit .298 in 158 career games for the Cardinals in 2005 and 2006. 
He spent all of 2007 with Triple-A Memphis. 
Meanwhile, the Mets bench is hitting [...]