John Orsino entered as the new catcher to replace the injured Haller.
Nickeas's absence forced Terry Collins to name Mike Baxter as an emergency backup catcher, as the Mets considered flying a catcher to Houston for the series finale Wednesday.
Practice with a catcher to work on your aim.
The Rangers made other short-term commitments, signing catcher A. J. Pierzynski to replace Mike Napoli and the setup man Joakim Soria to replace Mike Adams.
Allen was the team's starting left fielder last season, Mientkiewicz the primary first baseman and Valentin a platooned catcher who was in line to replace the retired Terry Steinbach as the regular.
Jorge Posada will be the full-time catcher, and the only change in the rotation will likely occur in the No. 5 spot: Ed Yarnall, a rookie, is expected to replace Hideki Irabu.
The Mets on paper could have claimed advantages with Davis at first over the replacement for the injured Mark Teixeira, Wright at third over Alex Rodriguez's replacement, Tejada at shortstop over Derek Jeter's replacement and John Buck at catcher over whoever was going to replace Russell Martin.
Tejada remained with the Mets for at least one more night because catcher Mike Nickeas, who was supposed to replace Josh Thole, had travel delays getting to Citi Field in time for Tuesday's game.
As spring training begins Wednesday, with eight teams, including the World Series champion Yankees, scheduled to hold their initial workouts with pitchers and catchers, not many teams have to replace icons.
A younger catcher and designated hitter, Jesus Montero, was ready to replace him.
