Morning Briefing: Yoenis Cespedes Taking Outfield Reps

Photo by Ed Delany, MMO

Good morning Mets fans! Spring training is in full swing as we are now just two days away from the Mets first exhibition game on Saturday.

Let’s take a look at what went on in Port St. Lucie and the rest of the league on Wednesday.

Latest Mets News

Daniel Kaplan of The Athletic says various sports bankers believe Steve Cohen is still lurking in the shadows of the Mets ownership deal.

Yoenis Cespedes was shagging fly balls with his teammates on Wednesday as he continues his comeback journey.

The Mets plan on giving J.D. Davis a legitimate shot at playing third base as he will take half of his spring reps from the hot corner, according to Mike Puma of The New York Post.

Pete Alonso walks SNY‘s Todd Zeile through a unique hitting drill he picked up from Mets current Triple-A manager Chad Kreuter.

Relief pitcher Brad Brach is working to refine his change up against lefties, which including an impressive strike out of Robinson Cano yesterday, per Any Martino of SNY.

Michael Conforto tells SNY that there is a “fight coming” from the Players Union regarding the 2021 CBA negotiations.

Latest MLB News

ESPN’s Jeff Passan went on GetUp to discuss how Major League baseball wishes the cheating scandal narrative would change.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic believes the Astros need to stop acting like their 2017 World Series title was legit.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone says Aaron Judge (right shoulder soreness) will start swinging the bat soon.

Yankees star Giancarlo Stanton tells the media that he would’ve hit 80 home runs if he knew what pitches were coming during his 2017 MVP season.

Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu says he would love to stay with the Yankees beyond this year when his contract is set to expire, as Ken Davidoff of The New York Post reported.

Cubs new manager and former catcher David Ross plans on using third base slugger Kris Bryant in the lead off spot, per Jesse Rogers of ESPN.

Brian Goodwin and Aledmys Diaz have both won their arbitration cases, per Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.