Morning Briefing: MLB Spring Training Games Begin Today

Good morning, Mets fans!

MLB spring training games begin today! Still another day to wait until the Mets play, but the Red Sox will kick off the 2023 spring training schedule with a game against the Northeastern University Huskies at 1:05 p.m. ET. At 3 p.m., the Rangers will face the Royals and the Mariners will face the Padres. The full schedule, which of course includes Mets games, begins Saturday.

Now onto the morning briefing!

Latest Mets News

Mets outfielder Starling Marte took live batting practice on Thursday against pitcher Kodai Senga and the team seems confident that he is progressing well towards the regular season. Andy Martino of SNY notes that the team has his spring schedule in mind and are not concerned with him in regards to his recovery. For more on this and Marte’s progression, click here to check out our article courtesy of Nate Mendelson.

Will Sammon of The Athletic goes into detail on the active and historic offseason Mets general manager Billy Eppler went through, which included how Eppler negotiated with Justin Verlander, Kodai Senga and Brandon Nimmo.

Former Mets reliever Jerry Blevins retweeted a thread from Rays reliever Ryan Thompson, which details the exact processes a team goes through with a player when they conduct an arbitration hearing.

A construction update from Citi Field highlights the new scoreboards along with the new right field section as well as work in the second deck of left field.

Construction update from Citi Field. pic.twitter.com/hDNwkncbKS

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Latest MLB News

MLB Network announced that they will produce the world television broadcasts for the upcoming World Baseball Classic that will air outside the United States. The FOX Sports channels will produce and air the tournament for viewers in the US throughout their channels and platforms.

The World Baseball Classic twitter account shared a video profiling members of Team Czech Republic and what some of the players do for a living, in a new series titled Behind The Flag.