21.   Franco is now the setup man for Armando Benitez, and he will stay in that role if he remains with the Mets.

22.   Franco was hesitant to even call himself a setup man in spring training, perhaps believing that he would eventually get the chance to pitch the ninth.

23.   He also is pulling hard for Doug Brocail, penciled in as the top setup man last year, to return soon from elbow ligament replacement surgery.

24.   He and the setup men give McRae at least a decent match-up for virtually any problem an opposing lineup presents.

25.   He asked Cone if he would be interested in being a setup man or a closer for Kansas City.

26.   He is expected to serve as a setup man in the bullpen this season, with the potential to be a closer.

27.   He likely will be the setup man for closer Todd Worrell.

28.   He gives us another good setup man that we can use in the seventh and eighth innings.

29.   He says that Heathcliff Slocumb has good stuff and will come around in his new role as setup man.

30.   He joins Alan Mills as another right-handed setup man for Baltimore closer Randy Myers.