Carson Benge seems like he’s just about a lock to make the 2026 Opening Day roster. The young outfielder had another productive showing at the plate Friday, reaching base twice in three plate appearances. Benge has shown really strong contact skills this spring. He’s 14-for-34, good for a .412 average. His hit on Friday was some lefty-on-lefty crime, as he fought off a sinker on the...
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Kodai Senga is in a weird spot. He’s not some unproven rookie, but there are uncertainties surrounding his reliability after the way the second half of last year went. If he can return to the ways of 2023 and the first half of 2025, he could be a real X-factor for this team. Especially in turning around last year’s rotation struggles. So, any progress is good progress. It’s...
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In his first outing of 2026 spring training, 34-year-old Sean Manaea’s fastball velocity was down. Manaea averaged just 88.1 mph on his four-seamer, according to Baseball Savant data. He threw 13 of them. Manaea, in his shaky 2025 campaign, averaged 91.7 mph on the pitch. He said postgame that he was trying out a cutter, which could partly account for the decrease. It was still something...
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Two notable Mets offseason pitching additions made their spring training debuts on Friday. One’s outing went as well as you could have hoped. The other got a rude awakening. Freddy Peralta and Devin Williams both pitched in real, live baseball games for the New York Mets for the first time. They combined to pitch the first four innings of a 14-3 win over the Cardinals. Peralta’s...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets are still looking around for further offseason help, but it looks like Ketel Marte won’t be part of those plans. In an article by Steve Gilbert of MLB.com, Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen said, “My gut this whole time was that [a trade of Marte] wasn’t going to happen, and I think it seems likely that that’s the case and we want to...
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