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Good morning, Mets fans!
The Mets played their first “game” in front of fans of 2022 Friday, as the team played a scrimmage against itself.
Francisco Lindor, J.D. Davis, Khalil Lee, and Brett Baty all slugged homers, as the Mets won 4-3 over the Mets. Michael Mayer of MMO provided a more in-depth summary of the game after it concluded.
Today, they’ll play their first official spring training game at 6:05 p.m. agains the Nationals.
Latest Mets News
John Sheridan of Mets Minors took a deep dive into the Mets’ No. 4 prospect Matt Allan.
Tim Healey of Newsday reported that Buck Showalter was very pleased with Carlos Carrasco‘s results after tossing two innings of live BP.
Latest MLB News
Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported that the Padres acquired Luke Voit from the Yankees in exchange for Justin Lang. Josh Norris of Baseball America reported that Lang was the #16 prospect in the Padres organization.
Joe Trezza of MLB.com reported that Ryan Flaherty brought monkeys to Spring Training in 2012, and they threw batting practice.
Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported that Matt Carpenter signed a minor-league deal with the Rangers.
Robert Murray of FanSided reported that the Dodgers signed Tyler Anderson.
Jeff Passan of ESPN reported that the Rays acquired Luke Raley from the Dodgers in exchange for Tanner Dodson.
Dylan Hernández of the Los Angeles Times reported that Freddie Freeman was blindsided when the Braves traded for Matt Olson. He claimed that he was unaware that the Braves had moved on from him.
Derrick S. Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Jack Flaherty will be out indefinitely because of a small tear in his right shoulder.
Katie Woo of The Athletic reported that Alex Reyes is out until at least mid-May with a shoulder injury.
Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reported that the Tigers signed Michael Pineda to a one-year, $5.5 million contract.
Robert Murray of FanSided reported that Jeremy Jeffress is signing with the Mexico City Diablos, and will be the highest-paid reliever there.
The Braves announced that they signed Kenley Jansen to a one-year, $16 million contract.
Jeff Passan of ESPN reported that the Phillies signed Nick Castellanos. Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported that the deal is for five years and $100 million.
Latest on MMO
Andrew Steele-Davis wrote on how Dominic Smith was playing throughout 2021 with a partially torn labrum.
Rob Friedland did a Five for Friday on five things to watch during Spring Training for the Mets.
Mojo Hill wrote that the New York vaccination mandate, which would prevent unvaccinated Mets and Yankees players from playing at home in 2022, is going to remain in place indefinitely.
John Sheridan wrote on why Michael Conforto returning to the Mets could make sense.
Michael Mayer wrote on the Mets prospects that cracked MLB’s top 100 prospects list.
Let’s go Mets!
