Spring Training is now well underway and new Mets manager Buck Showalter is wasting little time in putting his stamp on the team. With all players having now reported to camp, Showalter has started to put his wealth of experience to use by experimenting with defensive positioning. Showalter has revealed that Jeff McNeil will be the Mets’ primary second baseman, with the returning Robinson...
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Here’s what you might have missed from Mets spring training on Tuesday: Carrasco and Walker Behind Schedule Mets starters Carlos Carrasco and Taijuan Walker are both behind the others in the rotation due to offseason surgeries. Walker had knee surgery in January and is behind about one-two weeks. “I don’t really want to put a timetable on it but I feel really good. I’m progressing to...
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New York Mets players not vaccinated against Covid-19 will not be allowed to play in home games this season, reports the NY Daily News. A Mets spokesperson told MLB.com reporter Anthony DiComo that the team is not publicly commenting on the news today. The Yankees say that president Randy Levine is “working with City Hall and all other appropriate officials on this.” Players on the...
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The Mets are bringing back Mike Montgomery on a minor-league deal, according to Robert Murray. The 32-year-old lefthander spent spring training with the Mets last season but was released at the end. He signed as a free agent with the Yankees a week later and was released by them at the end of May, never appearing at the major league level. He spent the rest of the season in Korea as a member of...
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Two days after a horrific car crash, Mets first baseman Pete Alonso is back on the practice field of Port St. Lucie taking grounders and crushing home runs. Here is Pete Alonso taking batting practice during his first full workout of spring training. “One more,” he said at the end of his round. Then he hit his longest dinger of the day. pic.twitter.com/Epm7kHpEPF — Tim Healey (@timbhealey)...
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The starting pitching market is thinning out by the hour and it’s especially scarce for left-handed options. The Mets are slated to have a five-man rotation made up of all right-handed pitchers but what if there was a lefty last season who had nearly identical underlying stats as Marcus Stroman? Stroman departed the Mets this offseason, choosing to sign a three-year, $71 million deal with...
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