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Players with Mets ties named in the Mitchell Report

December 14, 2007

TODD HUNDLEY

2007: Out of baseball

Son of former Cubs catcher Randy Hundley played for the Mets from 1990-1998. He was an All-Star in 1996-1997. Hundley is tied with Carlos Beltran for the single-season Mets home run record with 41. In the report, Kirk Radomski stated that, beginning in 1996, he sold Durabolin and testosterone to Hundley on three or four occasions. At the beginning of that year, Radomski told Hundley that if he used steroids, he would hit 40 home runs. Hundley hit 41 home runs in 1996, having never hit more than 16 in any prior year. After the season, Radomski said that Hundley took him out to dinner.

Mark Carreon

2007 team: Out of baseball.

An outfielder from 1987-96, Carreon played for the Mets (1987-91), Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants and Cleveland Indians. In the report, Radomski said that he provided Carreon with Dianabol pills toward the end of his tenure with the Giants, where he played from 1994 through the middle of the 1996 season. According to Radomski, Carreon told him that the "ball was jumping off his bat" and that he could hit farther because of the anabolic steroids he used.

Chris Donnels

2007 team: Out of baseball.

Donnels played parts of eight seasons as an infielder with the Mets (1991-92), Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks. Radomski sold HGH and steroids to Donnels from 2000-04. Radomski produced eight checks and money orders from Donnels. The earliest was dated Nov. 29, 2001 and the latest June 23, 2004; they totaled $9,950.

Lenny Dykstra

2007 team: Out of baseball

Nicknamed "Nails" for his daring and sometimes reckless play, the three-time All-Star was runner-up for NL MVP in 1993, when he led Philadelphia to the World Series. A productive leadoff hitter, he went from a skinny speedster with the Mets (1985-part of 1989) to a muscular outfielder with the Phillies. According to Radomski, when Dykstra reported to spring training in 1989, "his increased size was noticeable." When Radomski asked him about his increased size, Dykstra admitted to taking steroids. After the Phillies lost the 1993 World Series, Dykstra called Radomski and asked whether Radomski could get Dykstra steroids. Although Radomski does not remember the exact time frame, he recalled providing Dykstra with Deca-Durabolin, Dianabol and testosterone.

Matt Franco

2007 team: Out of baseball

A light-hitting infielder for the Mets (1996-2000), Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Braves, Franco played from 1995-2003. Radomski said that he sold Franco steroids on one occasion in 2000 after Franco called him to place the order. Franco denied he ever met, knew or talked with Radomski.

Paul Lo Duca

2007 team: Mets

Catcher was a teammate of Gagne's with the Dodgers, where he broke out with a 25-homer season in 2001 and batted .320. He hasn't approached those numbers since; 13 homers and a .286 average in 2004 are the closest he came. He went to Florida during the 2004 season, and came to the Mets before 2006. Radomski estimated that he engaged in six or more transactions with Lo Duca, sending human growth hormone to Lo Duca's home or the Dodgers' clubhouse. Notes of a discussion among Dodgers officials in October 2003 indicated that the general belief was that he was no longer using steroids, adding: "Took away a lot of hard line drives."

Josias Manzanillo

2007 team: Out of baseball.