{"id":589409,"date":"2026-02-24T03:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/589409\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T03:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:39:19","slug":"mets-arent-backing-down-from-abs-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/589409\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets aren\u2019t backing down from ABS challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:NY Post Sports;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"NY Post Sports\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"121\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Light_8985.png\"\/><\/a>Mon, February 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM UTC<img alt=\"New York Mets pitcher Clay Holmes throws a baseball from the mound.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/d35db4de147da8400673410ee40d8827.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mets starting pitcher Clay Holmes (35) throws in the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<p>Observations from Mets\u2019 spring training on Monday:<\/p>\n<p>Nice ABS<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Mendoza said the team would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/sports\/mets-first-taste-abs-life-033935895.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:be aggressive this spring;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">be aggressive this spring<\/a> when it came to using the new automated ball-strike challenge system.<\/p>\n<p>They were aggressive again Monday, as Clay Holmes\u2019 outing ended when Hayden Senger challenged a ball call with Toronto\u2019s Addison Barger at the plate.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Mets starting pitcher Clay Holmes (35) throws in the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/b7a5ea3eff48a07986d85d467ab943bd.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mets starting pitcher Clay Holmes (35) throws in the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>The pitch proved to be a strike, which resulted in a strikeout for Holmes.<\/p>\n<p>Spiked<\/p>\n<p>Vidal Bruj\u00e1n was forced from the game when he was spiked on his left thumb as he dove headfirst into second on a stolen-base attempt in the top of the sixth inning.<\/p>\n<p>Caught my eye<\/p>\n<p>Jared Young is among those getting time at first base this spring, and he made a nice backhanded play on an Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez grounder.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Vientos, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/sports\/mark-vientos-enjoyed-getting-feet-005408640.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:started at first Sunday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">started at first Sunday<\/a> and could split time with Brett Baty as Jorge Polanco\u2019s backup, was the DH.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s schedule<\/p>\n<p>The Mets will start right-hander Jack Wenninger when they host the Astros at 1:10 p.m. at Clover Park.<\/p>\n<p>Wenninger was the team\u2019s 11th-ranked prospect last year, according to MLB Pipeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon, February 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM UTC Mets starting pitcher Clay Holmes (35) throws in the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2388],"tags":[6081,2043,5,358,1443,1712,359,15622,120,228,101,822,60,3190,4,151,7965,70,148,896],"class_list":{"0":"post-589409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-twins","8":"tag-addison-barger","9":"tag-andres-gimenez","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-brett-baty","12":"tag-carlos-mendoza","13":"tag-clay-holmes","14":"tag-hayden-senger","15":"tag-jared-young","16":"tag-jorge-polanco","17":"tag-mark-vientos","18":"tag-mets","19":"tag-minnesota","20":"tag-minnesota-twins","21":"tag-minnesotatwins","22":"tag-mlb","23":"tag-spring-training","24":"tag-the-astros","25":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","26":"tag-twins","27":"tag-vidal-brujan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116123532236284857","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589409","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=589409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}