New York Mets News For Sunday 3/25/07

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More tests for Sanchez

Sunday, March 25th 2007, 4:00 AM

PORT ST. LUCIE - Duaner Sanchez traveled to New York for an MRI of his right shoulder. Omar Minaya described the tests as precautionary. Still, the GM acknowledged Sanchez had been set back by the pop he heard Thursday when he threw off the mound for the first time since surgery, which the Mets have so far attributed to scar tissue breaking up.

Minaya had hoped Sanchez would be with the Mets by April 15, but that now doesn't seem realistic. "With this setback it puts him a little bit further back," Minaya said.

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Mets park Chan Ho in bullpen
News does not come as a relief to veteran

BY ADAM RUBIN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Sunday, March 25th 2007, 4:00 AM

PORT ST. LUCIE - Not even perfection could save Chan Ho Park's bid to join the Mets' rotation. After retiring nine straight batters to open yesterday's split-squad loss to the Orioles, Willie Randolph pulled a startled Park, who appears headed for a relief role.

The fate of Park, who had been signed the week before pitchers and catchers reported in case Mike Pelfrey wasn't ready, had been sealed the previous night in a meeting of Mets brass. Park wasn't told until after the three innings that he wouldn't have a full start. The logic in withholding the information: Randolph didn't want to unnerve him before he took the mound.

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Chan Ho Park appears headed to the Mets bullpen.

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PARK SHIFTING INTO REVERSE
By MARK HALE

March 25, 2007 -- PORT ST. LUCIE - Chan Ho Park has been removed from the list of candidates for the Mets' rotation and has been assigned to a potential relief role.

Willie Randolph lifted Park from yesterday's start after only three innings, and the manager plans to try using Park as a reliever. "Right now, he's going to be in the bullpen," Randolph said.

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DON'T START: Chan Ho Park is apparently out of the running to be a Mets starter and has been relegated to bullpen duty. Park will go along with the team's decision - for now.

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METS SPRING RESET

March 25, 2007 -- With a week remaining before the Mets open the 2007 season against the Cardinals in St. Louis, The Post's Mark Hale looks at the highs and lows of spring training:

Biggest question answered:
Who's in the rotation after Tom Glavine and Orlando Hernandez? John Maine and Oliver Perez almost certainly will make the cut, along with Mike Pelfrey.

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PEDRO MARTINEZ

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HAVING THEIR SHEA
METS SPEAK OUT ON SPRING'S BIGGEST 'ISSUES'
By MARK HALE

March 25, 2007 -- PORT ST. LUCIE - For the category of which Met is most likely to go on "Dancing with the Stars" one day, Mike Pelfrey nominated Carlos Delgado with a laugh.

"Looks like Emmitt Smith, doesn't he?" Pelfrey said.

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RAMON CASTRO

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DAVID WRIGHT

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New York Mets Postgame Alert March 25, 2007

Houston 11, N.Y. Mets 3 at Tradition Field
Houston Record: (14-9)
N.Y. Mets Record: (9-18)

Winning pitcher - Fernando Nieve (1-1)
Losing pitcher - Mike Pelfrey (1-1)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston 0 0 3 0 1 1 6 0 0 11 17 2
N.Y. Mets 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0

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