Good morning, Mets fans! It’s officially official – J.D. Martinez has donned the blue and orange and was in Mets camp in Port St. Lucie on Saturday. The Mets went on to drop Saturday’s Grapefruit League matchup against the Astros 13-5. They will look to bounce back on Sunday in their final Clover Park game […]
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Good morning, Mets fans!
It’s officially official – J.D. Martinez has donned the blue and orange and was in Mets camp in Port St. Lucie on Saturday.
The Mets went on to drop Saturday’s Grapefruit League matchup against the Astros 13-5. They will look to bounce back on Sunday in their final Clover Park game of the spring against the Washington Nationals. It will be Luis Severino (1-0, 1.00 ERA) on the mound for the Mets in the first game.
While half of the club remains in Port St. Lucie, the other half will head to Jupiter to take on the Marlins in a 1:10 p.m. matchup as it’s all about the split squad on Sunday. Tylor Megill (1-2, 3.45 ERA) will take the mound in Game 2 for the Mets in Jupiter.
Per the MLB transactions log, the Atlanta Braves released Charlie Culberson.
Britney d’Arnaud announced on her Instagram that she and Travis d’Arnaud of expecting their fifth child.
Sam Blum of The Athletic wrote in an article that Ippei Mizuhara claimed in his Angels media that he had graduated from UC Riverside in 2007. However, it appears that may have never happened.
Per Jon Heyman of MLB Network, Julio Teheran has opted out of his deal with the Baltimore Orioles.
Alexis Farinacci recaps Mark Vientos’ performance from Friday, when he hit a home run just hours after finding out the team had signed J.D. Martinez.
Chris Bello discusses the Mets’ signing of Martinez and the other roster transactions the organization made on Saturday.
Andrew Steele-Davis discusses the “3 up, 3 down” of the last week in Mets games and news, including the signing of Davis, the Senga news, and recent MLB rule changes.
Chris Bello recaps Martinez’s first interview with the Mets and the comments made on Saturday.
Evan Mazza recaps the Mets’ 13-5 loss to the Astros at Clover Park on Saturday.
Birthdays: Jose Valverde (46), Garry Templeton (68), Jesus Alou (82)
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