Meet the Mets<\/p>\n
The Mets walked off the Astros and capped their weekend with a 4-3 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n it\u2019s still a little early to make promises, but Carlos Mendoza is optimistic that Francisco Lindor and his hamate-less hand can be ready for Opening Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n Clay Holmes and Nolan McLean are excited to represent the United States at the World Baseball Classic and to say that they shared a rotation with Clayton Kershaw<\/a>. Around the National League East<\/p>\n Andrew Painter made his first start of the spring for Philadelphia<\/a> and showed why the team might have an Opening Day roster spot for him.<\/p>\n MLB Network\u2019s 30 Clubs, 30 Camps visited with the Washington Nationals<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sure, JR Ritchie could probably benefit from a bit more time down in the minors, but if the Braves need him now, Opening Day might be in his future<\/a>.<\/p>\n Everyone knows that three teams in the NL East should be competitive, but who\u2019s to say that there can\u2019t be a fourth<\/a>?<\/p>\n Around Major League Baseball<\/p>\n Dealing with injury and decline for the better part of the past decade, Mike Trout is going into this season with the goal of once again being an elite speedster<\/a>. Alex Verdugo and the Padres came to terms on a strictly minor-league deal<\/a> that will send the former Red Sox and Yankees outfielder to minor league camp.<\/p>\n Much like Lindor, Corbin Carroll is doing his best to return without a hamate for Opening Day, even if it\u2019s a stretc<\/a>h.<\/p>\n In this day and age, no job is as honorable and under-appreciated as the official Veteran Chad Innings Eater<\/a>.<\/p>\n This Date in Mets History<\/p>\n On this date in 2006<\/a>, Bret Boone retired and secured his spot as a shadow Met.<\/p>\n See More: Mets Morning News<\/a>Mets News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meet the Mets The Mets walked off the Astros and capped their weekend with a 4-3 win. it\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601667,"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-601666","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\/116160068618730584","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601666","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=601666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Grae Kessinger is expected to miss two or three months with a torn hamstring<\/a> and will attempt to avoid becoming the 2026 Nick Madrigal.<\/p>\n
Despite a rocky tenure and some potential replacements looming, the Cardinals and manager Oli Marmol came to terms on an extension for two more seasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n