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Luis Robert Jr. takes batting practice during Mets spring training on Feb. 19, 2026 in Port St. Lucie. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n
On Thursday, he routinely crushed balls over 110 mph in both regular and live batting practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s impressive,\u201d Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cHe\u2019s done it before when he\u2019s healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Low down<\/p>\n
Sean Manaea has been tinkering with his arm slot seemingly as long as he\u2019s been a Met. <\/p>\n
During live BP on Thursday, the lefty looked to be using a nearly sidearm delivery at times. <\/p>\n
He\u2019s coming off a rough, injury-plagued 2025 and will no doubt continue to work on his mechanics, but Mendoza is encouraged that the lefty is finally healthy.<\/p>\n
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Sean Manaea throws a pitch during Mets batting practice in spring training on Feb. 19, 2026 in Port St. Lucie. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n
Caught my eye<\/p>\n
Kodai Senga didn\u2019t seem bothered by anything in his inning of work in Thursday\u2019s live BP, a positive sign for the right-hander who\u2019s made just 23 starts over the past two seasons. <\/p>\n
Senga hit the mid-90s, something Mendoza called \u201ca really good sign.\u201d<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s schedule<\/p>\n
The Mets will have their final workout before Saturday\u2019s Grapefruit League opener against the Marlins at Clover Park. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Observations from Mets\u2019 spring training on Thursday in Port St. Lucie: Midseason form The Mets want Luis Robert…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,1716,999,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,1867,1268,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-582375","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-kodai-senga","10":"tag-luis-robert-jr","11":"tag-mets","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-mets","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkmets","17":"tag-ny-sports-minute","18":"tag-sean-manaea","19":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116101453112142249","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582375","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=582375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}