{"id":577214,"date":"2026-02-17T09:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/577214\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:38:18","slug":"christian-scott-offers-mets-a-reminder-in-spring-training-batting-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/577214\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Scott offers Mets a reminder in spring training batting practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Observations from Mets\u2019 spring training on Monday:<\/p>\n<p>Great Scott<\/p>\n<p>Christian Scott was sharp during live batting practice, striking out Juan Soto (on four pitches) and Bo Bichette in succession.<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander is <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/13\/sports\/christian-scott-hopes-he-can-remind-mets-what-they-were-missing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:returning from Tommy John surgery rehab;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">returning from Tommy John surgery rehab<\/a> that cost him last season.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Mets pitcher Christian Scott (45) throws live batting practice during spring training. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a0fd08c67d6954b9f10d80bfb76988c9.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mets pitcher Christian Scott (45) throws live batting practice during spring training. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n<p>Hanging in there<\/p>\n<p>Justin Hagenman also threw multiple innings of live batting practice.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander was <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/justin-hagenman-gives-mets-were-023323254.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:a spot starter for the Mets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a spot starter for the Mets<\/a> last season after arriving on a major league contract despite having never pitched above the Triple-A level.<\/p>\n<p>Caught my eye<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Beltr\u00e1n was around the batting cage in uniform for the team\u2019s first full-squad workout.<\/p>\n<p>Beltr\u00e1n, a special assistant, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/carlos-beltran-wear-mets-cap-194056298.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:announced in recent weeks that he would be wearing a Mets cap;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced in recent weeks that he would be wearing a Mets cap<\/a> on his Hall of Fame plaque.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Mets special assistant to president of baseball operations Carlos Beltran looks on during spring training. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1c2219334b35ed7f923deebe8dca1c87.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mets special assistant to president of baseball operations Carlos Beltran looks on during spring training. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n<p>Lee Mazzilli was also in attendance for the workout.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s schedule<\/p>\n<p>Full-squad workouts continue ahead of Saturday\u2019s Grapefruit League opener against the Marlins at Clover Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Observations from Mets\u2019 spring training on Monday: Great Scott Christian Scott was sharp during live batting practice, striking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,3180,88,325,10607,42563,75685,134,25115,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,151,6408],"class_list":{"0":"post-577214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-batting-practice","10":"tag-bo-bichette","11":"tag-carlos-beltran","12":"tag-christian-scott","13":"tag-corey-sipkin","14":"tag-great-scott","15":"tag-juan-soto","16":"tag-justin-hagenman","17":"tag-mets","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-new-york","20":"tag-new-york-mets","21":"tag-newyork","22":"tag-newyorkmets","23":"tag-spring-training","24":"tag-tommy-john-surgery"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116085307461225873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}