By The Associated Press
New York Mets president Sandy Alderson says he is emphasizing offense over defense but Kevin Pillar and Albert Almora Jr. were brought in to help with their gloves.
“While some of our players aren’t defensive geniuses, we think that the overall blend that we have is pretty good,” Alderson said during an interview on the ESPN telecast of Thursday’s 8-4 win over Washington in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Washington stole three bases off new Mets catcher Brian McCann, two by VÃctor Robles. Brandon Nimmo was picked off by Jackson Rutledge.
New York’s 32 errors were 10th among the 30 teams last year.
New York Mets president Sandy Alderson says he is emphasizing offense over defense but Kevin Pillar and Albert Almora Jr. were brought in to help with their gloves.
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Teams began to open Spring Training camps on Wednesday, the first on-field step toward the launching of the 2021 season. While the initial focus will be on new faces in new places Nolan Arenado with the Cardinals, Francisco Lindor with the Mets, Yu Darvish and Blake Snell with the Padres there also are plenty of intriguing storylines with non-roster invitees.
Below, we spotlight an interesting prospect in big league camp, selecting only from each team s list of non-roster invitees, with each club. Several of them could make an impact on the coming season.
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There are so many Minor Leaguers to look forward to seeing play in a competitive environment again after the lost 2020 season, but that is especially true of Groshans. The No. 46 overall prospect last played in a Minor League game on May 13, 2019 before a foot injury ended what was meant to be his first full season. Though he was a full participant at last year’s alternate traini
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Teams began to open Spring Training camps on Wednesday, the first on-field step toward the launching of the 2021 season. While the initial focus will be on new faces in new places Nolan Arenado with the Cardinals, Francisco Lindor with the Mets, Yu Darvish and Blake Snell with the Padres there also are plenty of intriguing storylines with non-roster invitees.
Below, we spotlight an interesting prospect in big league camp, selecting only from each team s list of non-roster invitees, with each club. Several of them could make an impact on the coming season.
AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST
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There are so many Minor Leaguers to look forward to seeing play in a competitive environment again after the lost 2020 season, but that is especially true of Groshans. The No. 46 overall prospect last played in a Minor League game on May 13, 2019 before a foot injury ended what was meant to be his first full season. Though he was a full participant at last year’s alternate traini