Major League Baseball announced the 2021 Spring Training schedule with the Mets beginning their Grapefruit League play on Feb. 27 against the Marlins in Port St. Lucie. Pitchers and catchers are set to report on Wednesday, February 17, while position players will report on Monday, February 22. The Mets will play 31 exhibition games in 2021, including 16 home games in Port St. Lucie. The Mets...
According to MLB Pipeline the Mets have inked their first-round pick from this year’s amateur draft, outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. The prep bat agreed to sign for the full slot value for the 19th overall pick, so $3.359 million will be docked from the Mets’ total bonus pool. “I know I’m going to love the city, and I think I’m going to thrive there,” Crow-Armstrong told...
During these past months of social distancing, Mets players have been staying at various different locations around the country. Some remained in Port St. Lucie, assuming spring training would resume where it started, whereas others traveled back to their hometown to wait for a return to action. Now that baseball is set to return, players will be heading to New York for spring training 2.0 and...
According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, Mets minor league camp has been shut down. At the current moment, there are still some major leaguers remaining in Port St. Lucie, though that can change in the coming days. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that MLB is planning to send out guidelines that will urge teams to end group workouts and organized events at both their spring facilities and...
The New York Mets (4-7) were defeated by the Miami Marlins (7-3) in Port St. Lucie at Clover Park Tuesday afternoon with a score of 6-1. Pitching: Noah Syndergaard made his second Spring Training start this year. Thor was looking to build on his strong performance from his prior outing. Syndergaard hurled three innings against the Marlins, struck out five batters, allowed three runs (two...
We entered to the strains of We are the Champions and Another One Bites the Dust echoing through the cavernous backfields surrounding the newly named – again – Clover Park, winter home of the New York Mets. It cannot be said that these 2020 Mets are an unsure bunch. For those of us who make the annual pilgrimage to this fast-growing, golf-crazed, one-time sleepy backwater midway up...
There is nothing more frustrating then stubbing your toe and unfortunately Seth Lugo learned that lesson the hard way. Lugo reportedly banged his pinky toe in his hotel room in Port St. Lucie and discovered it was fractured after receiving an x-ray this morning. Mets manager Luis Rojas does not seem too concerned over the injury though, as Anthony DiComo reported. The injury will only sideline...
Yoenis Cespedes and Jed Lowrie went near full tilt in spring training Monday to the delight of Mets manager Luis Rojas. The oft injured stars participated in most of the drills at Port St. Lucie with very little restriction. Cespedes, who is battling heel and ankle issues, will remain a limited participant in spring training according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, but was particularly effective...
Upon being prompted to talk with the media today, Yoenis Cespedes declined to be interviewed. Tim Healey of Newsday tweeted out that Cespedes responded “Not today, not tomorrow, not at all this year” when approached by the media with questions about his wild boar incident. Cespedes, 34, represents the biggest enigma on the Mets roster. If healthy, his bat would represent a major...
Jacob deGrom spoke to reporters at Port St. Lucie on Wednesday as he arrived at Spring Training. Coming off consecutive NL Cy Young Awards, the expectations are, obviously, very high for him going forward and while winning a third one is “definitely” a goal of his, there’s something else that he’s prioritizing more than that. “Most importantly, it’s a team...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Sterling Equities released a statement on Thursday night saying that they still intend on selling the Mets. It’s been a long week for us all, but (mercifully) it’s almost over. Here’s what you need to know: Latest Mets News On Thursday, Thornton McEnery of the New York Post reported that a key reason for the breakdown of Steve Cohen’s purchase of...
The Mets and the city of Port St. Lucie held on a press conference on Thursday to change the address of the Mets Spring Training home to 31 Piazza Drive. The change is to honor former Mets catcher and Hall of Famer Mike Piazza. Piazza was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016 and the Mets retired his No. 31 later that year. Long-time radio voice of the Mets, Howie Rose was the...
