Category: Spring Training

Audio: Pelfrey, Kay, And Coleman On Mets Spring Training

WFANMets pitcher Mike Pelfrey talks to Joe & Evan on WFAN about the 2009 Mets and his goofy golf cart accident.

Pelfrey audio

ESPN Radio’s Michael Kay has a beat reporter with the Mets this year. His name is Rich Coutinho. He calls in from Port St. Lucie to talk about the first few days of Mets camp.

ESPN audio

WFAN’s beat reporter Eddie Coleman calls into the Joe & Evan show to talk about the first couple of days of Mets camp.

WFAN audio

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Mets Players Begin Arriving In Florida

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It’s great to start reading the columns and stories about the Mets that arrive early to camp in Port St. Lucie. Not only do I start to think of how this ugly winter will soon be over but how the ghosts of the last two Mets seasons may disappear. Like they never happened.

27 blown saves. 1 blown managerial firing. The 2009 season will wash that away with a roar into the playoffs. I hope.

The first few days this week we’ve learned a few things. Johan Santana feels fine after his minor offseason knee surgery. But he likely won’t be representing Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic. Classic… what a ridiculous name.

Brian Schneider won’t be representing the U.S. in the WBC. Jose Valentin will be back on a minor league contract. I have a feeling that it won’t be long until he’s managing a team in the Mets organization. He seems like a solid leader.

Maybe most importantly Scott Schoenweiss, Aaron Heilman, and Joe Smith won’t be in Port St. Lucie this year. Heilman and Schoenweiss couldn’t come back after last season. 27 blown saves and now the bullpen has been blown up.

J.J. Putz and K-Rod will be here. Get ready for some “Gasolina” and some “Thunderstruck“. It’s a mostly new bullpen expecting all-new results.

Oh, by the way we haven’t learned of any Mets testing positive for anything yet. Maybe we can have a quiet spring training and get ready to take down the World Series champion Phillies.

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Mets 2009 Spring Training Tickets

David Wright Spring TrainingTickets are now on sale for all games at Port St. Lucie at the Mets official site. You can get tickets for all 20 exhibition games except the two games against the Red Sox at Citi Field on April 3rd and 4th. No date has been announced yet for those games. They also have some 3, 5, and 7 night packages available for sale too.

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Mets Pitchers And Catchers Report To Spring Training Feb. 13

We finally got some news today about the spring training reporting date for the Mets pitchers and catchers. They need to be in Port St. Lucie on February 13th with physicals on the 14th and on-field workouts on the 15th. If you’re into really early spring action, you can now make your travel plans.

Games don’t start until February 25th. Position players need to be in PSL on February 17th with their physicals the next day. The first day of full squad workouts is on February 19th.

Thanks to the NY Post for the information.