PORT ST. LUCIE -Duaner Sanchez will meet with Willie Randolph and Omar Minaya this morning to see if the Mets reliever, who has essentially been suspended, has learned what his “priorities” should be.
After being evicted from camp Thursday because the Mets were upset with his repeated tardiness, Sanchez was instructed not to come to camp yesterday as well, according to his agent, Bean Stringfellow.
For the summit today, Sanchez should make sure he answers his wake-up call and sets his alarm.
“It wouldn’t be a good idea to be late,” Randolph said, speaking dryly. “That’s for sure.
“He’ll come in [today], we’ll sit down and talk and we’ll go from there. Hope he had a couple days to think about where his priorities are, and we’ll talk [today] when Omar gets back and we’ll go from there.”
Sanchez has been rehabbing from a separated right shoulder. In addition to being late, he also reported to camp about 15 pounds heavier than he intended.
“He wasn’t in the best shape,” Randolph said yesterday. The Mets have told Sanchez to lose weight.
In yesterday’s Post, a Mets player said teammates are irritated with Sanchez because they don’t believe his work ethic has been good enough.
Randolph, who announced Thursday he had ordered Sanchez to leave, said Sanchez hasn’t been suspended. But Stringfellow considers it that.
Asked whether he believed Sanchez will be in camp today for the day, Stringfellow replied, “I’m hopeful. Because at least from where ***** I ***** sit, if – and it’s hard for me to fight something until I know what I’m fighting – but at least in ***** my ***** mind is that they ***** have ***** suspended him already. He’s missed two days. So he’s wanted to be here for these two days, and he’s been suspended for two days.”
Stringfellow speculated a suspension is a possible punishment that could be levied today. On a conference call with Minaya on Thursday, Stringfellow said the GM expressed the team was “disappointed” with Sanchez and that the reliever “had been late a couple times.”
“He knows he’s supposed to be on time,” the agent said.
Asked if Sanchez had an excuse for being late, Stringfellow said, “Late is late.”
“The thing is, is that he’s anxious to work out,” said Stringfellow, who had lunch with Sanchez yesterday. “It’s one thing to do this, but as he told me, he said it’s two days of throwing he hasn’t been able to throw.”
Thursday, Randolph, who said he hasn’t had contact with Sanchez since telling him to leave, told The Post Sanchez would be fined. Stringfellow said yesterday he had not been notified about a fine. As for his response or Sanchez’s reaction to the situation, Stringfellow said, “It’s hard for me to say because it hasn’t reached a conclusion yet.”