KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Infielder Juan Uribe was added to the New York Mets' World Series roster after recovering from a chest injury, while 20-year-old infielder Raul Mondesi Jr. joined the Kansas City Royals' roster ahead of Game 1 on Tuesday night.
Uribe, who has not played since Sept. 25, took the spot of backup shortstop Matt Reynolds, who was on the NL Championship Series roster but has never played in a major league game.
Uribe injured chest cartilage while making a diving stop on Sept. 20, then aggravated the injury on a swing while pinch hitting Sept. 25. He batted .219 with six homers in 44 games, playing second and third base after the Mets acquired him from Atlanta in late July.
Mondesi, the son of former big leaguer Raul Mondesi, took the place of speedster Terrance Gore on Kansas City's 25-man roster. He replaced reliever Joba Chamberlain on the 40-man roster.
If he appears in a game, the versatile, switch-hitting Mondesi would become the first player in major league history to make his debut in the World Series, according to STATS (see full story).
David Wright treasuring Mets' playoff run
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Gary LaRocque thought back to a spring afternoon in 2001 at Hickory High School in Chesapeake, Virginia. A touted 18-year-old came onto the field after his last class to take some batting practice.
"Every ball he hit over the fence, he went over there and picked them all up, too," said LaRocque, then the New York Mets' director of amateur scouting.
That kid?
David Wright.
Reminded of the story Monday on the eve of his World Series debut, he laughed.
"Who else is going to pick `em up?" he said. "I went out and bought the baseballs, and baseballs are expensive. I wasn't going to lose them," (see full story).
Mets' Harvey vs. KC's Volquez in Game 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Anyone arriving a little early to a New York Mets game this season has probably witnessed "The Walk."
Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom or another emerging ace striding in from the bullpen following pregame warmups, with pitching coach Dan Warthen right alongside - and the rest of that fearless rotation trailing just behind.
For opposing hitters, it's become an imposing march to impending doom.
"We have a lot of weapons," Harvey said Monday.
Riding four young starters all the way through October, the hard-throwing Mets are ready to fire their best stuff at the Kansas City Royals in the 111th World Series.
Game 1 is Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium, with Harvey set to face Edinson Volquez (see full story).
