{"id":153438,"date":"2026-02-12T20:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/153438\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T20:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:14:07","slug":"mets-open-spring-training-in-port-st-lucie-with-early-arrivals-polanco-and-bichette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/153438\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Open Spring Training in Port St. Lucie with Early Arrivals Polanco and Bichette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Port St. Lucie (CBS12 News) \u2014 Pitchers and catchers kicked off spring training this week at the Mets\u2019 Port St. Lucie facility, but a couple of the team\u2019s biggest new additions are already making an impression.<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Polanco, the Mets\u2019 new infielder from Seattle, arrived early and was getting comfortable on the field while showing off his skills in batting practice. Meanwhile, Bo Bichette, who came over from the Toronto Blue Jays, is using the early start to get to know his new teammates and surroundings \u2014 and he\u2019s already hitting some massive home runs in the cages.<\/p>\n<p>Both players arriving a week ahead of the rest of the roster gives them extra time to adjust and build chemistry, setting the stage for a promising start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the video link to hear from Polanco and Bichette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie (CBS12 News) \u2014 Pitchers and catchers kicked off spring training this week at the Mets\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-153438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}