{"id":608203,"date":"2026-03-05T18:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/608203\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:40:13","slug":"mets-nolan-mclean-to-join-team-usa-after-vertigo-like-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/608203\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets’ Nolan McLean to join Team USA after vertigo-like symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"

With vertigo-like symptoms<\/a> behind him, Nolan McLean<\/a> is ready to report to the World Baseball Classic.<\/p>\n

The Mets right-hander is set to join Team USA in Houston<\/a> on Friday, two days after making it through a minor-league scrimmage without issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came in feeling well, normal,\u201d Mets manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.<\/p>\n

McLean allowed one run over four innings during Wednesday\u2019s outing on a backfield<\/a> at Mets camp.<\/p>\n

That marked McLean\u2019s first game action since dealing with dizziness last week \u2014 an ailment that prevented him from joining Team USA over the weekend as originally planned.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt a little erratic,\u201d McLean, 24, said of Wednesday\u2019s performance. \u201cI think I was just fired up to get out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

McLean said after Wednesday\u2019s scrimmage that he felt symptom-free but still needed to meet with the Mets\u2019 medical staff before leaving for the WBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m feeling good,\u201d said McLean, who earlier in the week attributed the issue to a viral ear infection that caused him to lose five pounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cBody weight\u2019s in a good spot. My strength numbers on all the tests have been right where they are normally, so I\u2019m not too worried about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

McLean was a revelation for the Mets last season, going 5-1 with a 2.06 ERA with 57 strikeouts in 48 innings over eight starts as a rookie.<\/p>\n

Team USA hopes he can replicate that dominance as part of a decorated rotation that also includes Logan Webb, Tarik Skubal and Paul Skenes. Mets right-hander Clay Holmes is a member of the Team USA pitching staff, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m super excited to pick their brains,\u201d McLean said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a bunch of Cy Youngs in that building, so it will be really cool to kind of learn from them, see how they handle everything and also watch from afar at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Team USA is set to play its first official game on Friday night against Brazil, while McLean is on track to make his WBC debut on Tuesday against Team Italy.<\/p>\n

GETTING STARTED<\/p>\n

Sean Manaea<\/a> is scheduled to make his spring debut Friday, while Kodai Senga<\/a> will do the same Saturday, according to Mendoza.<\/p>\n

Both games will be in Jupiter, but the left-handed Manaea is set to face the Miami Marlins, while the right-handed Senga is lined up to pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n

This is a pivotal season for both pitchers, who struggled with injury and inconsistency last year.<\/p>\n

Manaea, 34, went 2-4 with a 5.64 ERA in 15 games, including 12 starts, after dealing with an oblique strain and a loose body in his throwing elbow.<\/p>\n

Senga, 33, went 7-6 with a 3.02 ERA in 22 starts, but he wasn\u2019t the same after a midseason hamstring strain and was demoted to Triple-A Syracuse down the stretch.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to give him credit: This is probably the best I\u2019ve seen him \u2014 since I\u2019ve been here \u2014 around this time,\u201d Mendoza said of Senga, who is set to begin his fourth season with the Mets.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the way he\u2019s throwing the baseball, [velocity] is mid-90s right now, and he continues to feel well. So, he\u2019s in a good spot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With vertigo-like symptoms behind him, Nolan McLean is ready to report to the World Baseball Classic. The Mets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,1716,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,2517,1268,4820],"class_list":{"0":"post-608203","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-mets","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkmets","16":"tag-nolan-mclean","17":"tag-sean-manaea","18":"tag-world-baseball-classic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116178034653378126","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608203","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=608203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}