The competition could lead to some difficult roster decisions for Mangini.

That was our fantasy: to construct teams from the ground up, with tough roster decisions about which players to protect the next summer.

He also made what he said was an obvious roster decision.

Popovich said the trend toward more offense had influenced his roster decisions.

The staff and the front office will make the final roster decisions, Torre said, because they will have seen the players perform.

The Mets will bring 30 players to Japan and make their final roster decisions there.

But for now, the Mets have more immediate roster decisions to make.

It makes Brown's next roster decision all the more difficult.

"I just need some time to try and think about where we are," said Green, who said he wanted to "sleep on" his roster decision.

The Yankees got into trouble last night because of a roster decision they made before the series.