{"id":588854,"date":"2026-02-23T19:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/588854\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:30:16","slug":"mets-afternoon-news-nolan-mclean-brandon-nimmo-carson-benge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/588854\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Afternoon News: Nolan McLean, Brandon Nimmo, Carson Benge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mets got their first win<\/a> of spring yesterday against the Yankees, by a 6-4 margin. Jared Young, Luis Torrens, and Hayden Senger all hit solo home runs, and JT Schwartz provided the lion\u2019s share of the offense with a three-run home run in the eighth inning. Justin Hagenman looked good in his 2.1 innings, giving up just one run on two hits, with three walks and three strikeouts. Mets\u2019 top prospect Carson Benge had his spring training debut, but he blanked with an 0 for 3 final line.<\/p>\n

After his departure from the Mets, Brandon Nimmo opened up<\/a> about his leadership style, how the trade transpired, and his future with the Rangers.<\/p>\n

Buster Olney ranked the top 10<\/a> third basemen in the league, and new Met Bo Bichette has made the cut.<\/p>\n

John Harper investigated<\/a> rookie Met sensation Nolan McLean and what gives him an edge.<\/p>\n

Around the National League East<\/p>\n

Marlins middle infielder Graham Pauley has been shut down<\/a> from all baseball activities due to forearm tightness.<\/p>\n

Around Major League Baseball<\/p>\n

The Twins dodged a bullet, with Joe Ryan\u2019s MRI only revealing<\/a> inflammation.<\/p>\n

Rhys Hoskins has joined<\/a> the Cleveland Guardians, signing<\/a> a minor league contract with an invite to major league spring training.<\/p>\n

Angels players have taken notice<\/a> of Arte Moreno claiming that their fans don\u2019t prioritize winning, and have met with the new director of MLBPA.<\/p>\n

ABS is here, and Jayson Stark broke down<\/a> what fans need to know about the so-called \u201crobot umps\u201d this season.<\/p>\n

Yesterday at Amazin\u2019 Avenue<\/p>\n

Thomas Henderson examined<\/a> Daniel Duarte and his quest to make it back to the major leagues by way of the Mets bullpen.<\/p>\n

Linus Lawrence considered whether Ben Rortvedt might make his way<\/a> to the Mets major league roster in the form of positional insurance.<\/p>\n

Chris McShane welcomed back<\/a> Nate Lavender after the Rays returned him from being selected in the Rule 5 draft last season.<\/p>\n

This Date in Mets History<\/p>\n

The infamous former Met Bobby Bonilla is celebrating<\/a> his birthday today, turning 63 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mets got their first win of spring yesterday against the Yankees, by a 6-4 margin. Jared Young,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,101,41599,4964,4,1690,61,2548,4203],"class_list":{"0":"post-588854","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-mets","10":"tag-mets-morning-news","11":"tag-mets-news","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-mets","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkmets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116121608146944106","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588854","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=588854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}