{"id":578655,"date":"2026-02-18T04:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/578655\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T04:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:28:18","slug":"clay-holmes-workload-increases-as-he-gears-up-for-wbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/578655\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay Holmes&#8217; workload increases as he gears up for WBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Observations from Mets\u2019 spring training on Tuesday in Port St. Lucie:<\/p>\n<p>Ramping up<\/p>\n<p>Clay Holmes threw three innings of live batting practice Tuesday as part of his accelerated buildup for next month\u2019s World Baseball Classic. <\/p>\n<p>The right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/17\/sports\/mets-nolan-mclean-clay-holmes-added-to-team-usa-wbc-roster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will pitch for Team USA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38523419\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Clay-Holmes.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Holmes threw three innings of live batting practice at Mets' team facility in Port St. Lucie on Feb. 17, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-38523419\"  \/>Clay Holmes threw three innings of live batting practice at the Mets\u2019 team facility in Port St. Lucie, Florida on Feb. 17, 2026. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Freddy\u2019s work<\/p>\n<p>Freddy Peralta threw two innings in the same live batting practice session as Holmes.<\/p>\n<p>Caught my eye<\/p>\n<p>Francisco Lindor stood next to Marcus Semien during a fielding drill and received flips to his right hand. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/11\/sports\/francisco-lindor-opts-for-hand-surgery-in-crushing-early-mets-blow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lindor underwent hamate bone surgery<\/a> on his left hand last week and is dealing with a recovery that has left him questionable for Opening Day.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38523440\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Francisco-Lindor.jpg\" alt=\"Left to right: Mark Vientos, Bo Bichette, Francisco Lindor and Marcus Semien listen to a coach during fielding practice at the Mets' training facility in Port St. Lucie on Feb. 17, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-38523440\"  \/>Mark Vientos, Bo Bichette, Francisco Lindor and Marcus Semien listen to a coach during fielding practice at the Mets\u2019 training facility in Port St. Lucie on Feb. 17, 2026. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s schedule<\/p>\n<p>Full-squad workouts continue at Clover Park ahead of Saturday\u2019s Grapefruit League opener against the Marlins. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Observations from Mets\u2019 spring training on Tuesday in Port St. Lucie: Ramping up Clay Holmes threw three innings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,1712,227,753,386,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-578655","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-clay-holmes","10":"tag-francisco-lindor","11":"tag-freddy-peralta","12":"tag-marcus-semien","13":"tag-mets","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-mets","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkmets","19":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116089750987516783","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578655","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=578655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}