The Puerto Rican Winter League begins action tonight. The 42 game season includes six teams and will run to January 13th followed by playoffs. Carlos Delgado is slated to play in the PR League but has yet to be added to a roster. I am republishing this list of Mets players currently on winter league rosters. Each player links to their statistics so you can see how some of the prospects and others are doing.

Player	Position	WL Team	Winter League	2009 Last Team
Jenrry Mejia	Pitcher R/R	Surprise Rafters	Arizona Fall League	Binghamton AA
Scott Moviel	Pitcher R/R	Surprise Rafters	Arizona Fall League	St. Lucie A
Eric Neisen	Pitcher L/L	Surprise Rafters	Arizona Fall League	Binghamton AA
Josh Stinson	Pitcher R/R	Surprise Rafters	Arizona Fall League	St. Lucie A
Nick Evans	Outfielder	Surprise Rafters	Arizona Fall League	New York NL
Ike Davis	First Baseman	Surprise Rafters	Arizona Fall League	Binghamton AA
Reese Havens	SS/2nd Base	Surprise Rafters	Arizona Fall League	St. Lucie A
Ruben Tejada	Shortstop	Surprise Rafters	Arizona Fall League	Binghamton AA
Lucas Duda	Outfielder	Surprise Rafters	Arizona Fall League	Binghamton AA
Francisco Pena	Catcher	Aguilas Cibaenus	Dominican Winter League	St. Lucie A
Fernando Tatis	Left Field	Estrellas de Oriente	Dominican Winter League	New York NL
Rhiner Cruz	Pitcher R/R	Gigantes del Cibao	Dominican Winter League	Savannah a
Julio De La Cruz	Pitcher R/R	Gigantes del Cibao	Dominican Winter League	Binghamton AA
Jeurys Familia	Pitcher R/R	Gigantes del Cibao	Dominican Winter League	Savannah a
German Marte	Pitcher R/R	Gigantes del Cibao	Dominican Winter League	St. Lucie A
Elvin Ramirez	Pitcher R/R	Gigantes del Cibao	Dominican Winter League	Savannah a
Jose Reyes	Shortstop	Gigantes del Cibao	Dominican Winter League	New York NL
Wilson Valdez	Shortstop	Gigantes del Cibao	Dominican Winter League	New York NL
Rafael Fernandez	Center Field	Gigantes del Cibao	Dominican Winter League	Savannah a
Raul Reyes	Right Field	Gigantes del Cibao	Dominican Winter League	Savannah a
Tobi Stoner	Pitcher R/R	Leones del Escogido	Dominican Winter League	Buffalo AAA
Argenis Reyes	2nd Base	Leones del Escogido	Dominican Winter League	New York NL
Jenrry Mejia	Pitcher R/R	Tigres del Licey	Dominican Winter League	Binghamton AA
Salvador Paniagua	Catcher	Tigres del Licey	Dominican Winter League	Binghamton AA
Richard Pena	Right Field	Tigres del Licey	Dominican Winter League	St. Lucie A
Jefry Marte	3rd Base	Tores del Este	Dominican Winter League	Savannah a
Auturo Lopez	Pitcher L/L	Caneros Del Los Mochis	Mexico Pacific Winter League	Buffalo AAA
Matias Carrillo Jr.	Pitcher L/L	Tomateros de Culiacan	Mexico Pacific Winter League	Brooklyn ssA
Jose De La Torre	Pitcher R/R	Criollos de Caguas	Puerto Rican League	Binghamton AA
Omir Santos	Catcher	Criollos de Caguas	Puerto Rican League	New York NL
Alex Cora	Shortstop	Criollos de Caguas	Puerto Rican League	New York NL
Hecto Pellot	Second Baseman	Criollos de Caguas	Puerto Rican League	St. Lucie A
Juan Centeno	Catcher	Gigantes de Carolina	Puerto Rican League	Brooklyn ssA
Roy Merritt	Pitcher L/L	Indios de Mayaguez	Puerto Rican League	Binghamton AA
Luis Rivera	Outfielder	Indios de Mayaguez	Puerto Rican League	Brooklyn ssA
Pedro Feliciano	Pitcher L/L	Leones de Ponce	Puerto Rican League	New York NL
Robinson Cancel	Catcher	Leones de Ponce	Puerto Rican League	New York NL
Ramon Martinez	Second Baseman	Leones de Ponce	Puerto Rican League	New York NL
Angel Pagan	Outfielder	Leones de Ponce	Puerto Rican League	New York NL
Javier Rodriguez	Outfielder	Leones de Ponce	Puerto Rican League	GCL Rookie
Kyle Snyder	Pitcher S/R	Lobos de Arecibo	Puerto Rican League	Buffalo AAA
Rene Rivera	Catcher	Lobos de Arecibo	Puerto Rican League	Buffalo AAA
Michel Abreu	First Baseman	Lobos de Arecibo	Puerto Rican League	Buffalo AAA
Eddie Camacho	Pitcher L/L	Lobos de Arecibo	Puerto Rican League	Binghamton AA
Jesus Feliciano	Outfielder	Lobos de Arecibo	Puerto Rican League	Buffalo AAA
Manual Olivares	Pitcher R/R	Aguilas del Zulia	Venezuelan Winter League	Binghamton AA
Wilmer Flores	Shortstop	Bravos de Mararita	Venezuelan Winter League	Savannah a
Fernando Nieve	Pitcher R/R	Caribes de Anzoategui	Venezuelan Winter League	New York NL
Jose Coronado	Second Baseman	Caribes de Anzoategui	Venezuelan Winter League	Buffalo AAA
Lance Broadway	Pitcher R/R	Leones del Caracas	Venezuelan Winter League	New York NL
Josh Thole	Catcher	Leones del Caracas	Venezuelan Winter League	New York NL
Edgar Alfonso	Pitcher L/L	Navegantes del Magallanes	Venezuelan Winter League	Binghamton AA
Manual Alvarez	Pitcher R/R	Navegantes del Magallanes	Venezuelan Winter League	St. Lucie A
Angel Colero	Pitcher L/L	Navegantes del Magallanes	Venezuelan Winter League	St. Lucie A
Phillips Orta	Pitcher R/R	Navegantes del Magallanes	Venezuelan Winter League	Savannah a
Jose Sanchez	Pitcher R/R	Navegantes del Magallanes	Venezuelan Winter League	Buffalo AAA
Adam Bostick	Pitcher L/L	Tiburones de La Guaira	Venezuelan Winter League	Buffalo AAA
Junior Guerra	Pitcher R/R	Tiburones de La Guaira	Venezuelan Winter League	Buffalo AAA
Chris Mason	Pitcher R/R	Tiburones de La Guaira	Venezuelan Winter League	Buffalo AAA
Francisco Rodriguez	Pitcher R/R	Tiburones de La Guaira	Venezuelan Winter League	New York NL
Chris Carter	Outfielder	Tigres de Aragua	Venezuelan Winter League	Pawtucket AAA

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