Baty was informed Sunday he made the Mets' Opening Day roster, and he could begin the season as the club's everyday third baseman since Mark Vientos was optioned, Abbey Mastracco of the New York Daily News reports.
Baty was informed Sunday he made the Mets' Opening Day roster and is poised to begin the season as the club's everyday third baseman since Mark Vientos was optioned, Abbey Mastracco of the New York Daily News reports.
Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns announced on Sunday morning that Mark Vientos is being optioned to Triple-A and therefor will not be on the Opening Day roster.
The Mets were defeated by the Houston Astros, 13-5, in spring training action on Saturday afternoon at Clover Park.
The Mets addition of J.D. Martinez will likely cost 24-year-old third baseman Mark Vientos a spot on the 26-man roster something Martinez was well aware of on his first day at Mets camp in Port St. Lucie on Saturday.