The Mets have announced RHP Nelson Figueroa and Jorge Sosa have been Designated for assignment.
The Mets have also placed OF Angel Pagan on the 15-day disabled list with a injured shoulder.
In their place the Mets have recalled RHP Claudio Vargas, RHP Matt Wise and OF/IF Fernando Tatis.
…good to see the Mets make the correct moves [...]

Matt Wise will likely pitch again today in a minor-league rehab start, meaning a) he will have finally pitched on back-to-back days, and b) will be one step closer to re-joining the Mets this weekend in New York.
Once Wise is promoted, a current pitcher from the team’s pitching staff will be displaced.
…it does not appear [...]

Mets GM Omar Minaya joined Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling and Kevin Burkhardt in the booth during today’s broadcast on
According to Minaya, the decision regarding his team’s fifth starter will likely come down to the weekend, and be between Orlando Hernandez, Mike Pelfrey, Jorge Sosa and Nelson Figueroa.
By the way, Hernandez and Pelfrey will both [...]

According to Adam Rubin in the Daily News, the Mets are shopping Scott Schoeneweis and Jorge Sosa.
In addition to considering several reasons why the team is looking to move the two relief picthers, while projecting what the pitching staff will look like if they do, Rubin writes:

“I wonder, too, if the Mets might relent and actually put El [...]

Several Mets currently on the 40-man roster, as well as, other non-roster invitees have participated in various winter leagues this off-season.
Here is a rundown of how each player performed this winter.

OF Endy Chavez, .476 (10-for-21), 2 RBI, 1 3B, 2 SB in six games
2B Ruben Gotay, .261, 12 RBI, 6 2B in 115 [...]

According to MLB.com’s Marty Noble, the Mets and RHP Jorge Sosa settled their salary arbitration case Saturday with a $2 million contract.
Sosa, 30, had sought $2.75 million, while the Mets had offered $1.7 million. He was 9-8 with a 4.47 ERA in 112 innings pitched last season.

Lawrence from NJ asks…

“When is Aaron Heilman a free agent?  How about Endy Chavez, Ryan Church and the team’s other young players.”

Heilman, Chavez, Church, Pedro Feliciano, Oliver Perez and Jorge Sosa are all eligible for salary arbitration this off-season. 
In fact, all six filed for arbitration yesterday.
…however, in standard Mets fashion, i expect all six to [...]

Meeting with reporters at Citi Field yesterday, Mets GM Omar Minaya said that Orlando Hernandez will be a starting pitcher next season, while Jorge Sosa is expected to pitch from the bullpen.
…first, this suggests that the team will offer arbitration to sosa…second, yes, i am sure hernandez is considered a starting pitcher today, but, from what i understand, [...]

If a player has not negotiated a contract and is in the fourth, fifth or sixth season of his career, he will either be offered a one-year salary by his team, or, depending on his salary demands, he will be offered salary arbitration, or he’ll be non-tendered, meaning he immediately becomes a free agent.
MLB teams have until [...]