5) Jose Azocar
Who? That’s okay. Jose Azocar never actually made it into a Mets game. He was a September waiver claim from the San Diego Padres when the team was apparently doing everything they could to avoid calling up Luisangel Acuna. A speedy outfielder with no minor league options left, he’s the kind of guy who’ll head into free agency and await ending up with a contender looking for the next Terrence Gore.
In 281 plate appearances in Triple-A, Azocar batted .296/.325/.438 with 30 stolen bases in 36 attempts. He’s not the kind of guy you seriously want to consider for your Opening Day roster. The Mets don’t need another Tim Locastro or Zack Short. One-dimensional players never last, do they?
6) Tyler Zuber
Another, maybe less loud, who? Tyler Zuber was a trade deadline acquisition by the Mets. Don’t remember his big games? That’s because he never made it out of Triple-A.
Zuber was a member of the Tampa Bay Rays organization before getting traded to the Mets for Paul Gervase. Undoubtedly the worst Mets trade deadline deal of this past summer, it’s easy to understand why he never managed to make his way to Flushing.
The promising 2.49 ERA Zuber posted with Triple-A Durham for the Rays multiplied with Syracuse. Zuber went from 3-0 to 0-3 and finished his Mets stint with a 12.38 ERA. Even if he did have minor league options after this year (he doesn’t) it would be very simple to let him leave.