After appearing in one game, he was optioned back to Louisville on May 22 to make room for Carlos Fisher on the roster.

Watson played five games, batted .278, and was optioned back to Triple-A to make room for Fick's return.

Travis Snider was optioned to Triple-A to make room for Lawrie.

On April 28, he was optioned back to Portland to make room for returning reliever Joel Hanrahan.

Luke Putkonen was optioned to Triple-A to make room.

Chris Britton was optioned to the minors to make room for Jeff Karstens.

Mickey Storey was optioned to make room on the 25-man roster for Gose.

Fautino de los Santos was optioned to Triple-A to make room.

Jeff Duncan, who had spent five days with the Mets, was optioned to make room for Burnitz.

He was optioned to Tacoma on August 9 to make room on the roster for John Parrish.