{"id":477142,"date":"2026-02-19T04:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/477142\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T04:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:32:08","slug":"mets-francisco-lindor-performs-baserunning-drills-with-teammates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/477142\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; Francisco Lindor performs baserunning drills with teammates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Observations from Mets\u2019 spring training on Wednesday in Port St. Lucie:<\/p>\n<p>Tobias\u2019 turn<\/p>\n<p>Tobias Myers threw two innings of live batting practice Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38536126\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tobias-Myers.jpg\" alt=\"Mets right-hander Tobias Myers comes off the field after throwing two innings of batting practice on Feb. 18, 2026\" class=\"wp-image-38536126\"  \/>Mets right-hander Tobias Myers comes off the field after throwing two innings of batting practice on Feb. 18, 2026 Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander is stretching out for potential starting duty if needed, but otherwise will open the season in the Mets bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>Staying active<\/p>\n<p>Francisco Lindor participated in baserunning drills with his teammates for the first time while rehabbing from left hamate bone surgery, which has left him questionable for Opening Day.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38536123\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Francisco-Lindor-1.jpg\" alt=\"Francisco Lindor runs the bases with his Mets teammates during a drill on Feb. 18, 2026 in Port St. Lucie.\" class=\"wp-image-38536123\"  \/>Francisco Lindor runs the bases with his Mets teammates during a drill on Feb. 18, 2026 in Port St. Lucie. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Caught my eye<\/p>\n<p>In a matchup of potential Hall of Famers, Craig Kimbrel faced Juan Soto twice in live batting practice. <\/p>\n<p>Soto hit an infield grounder and walked in those two plate appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s schedule<\/p>\n<p>Full-squad workouts continue ahead of Saturday\u2019s Grapefruit League opener against the Marlins at Clover Park. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Observations from Mets\u2019 spring training on Wednesday in Port St. Lucie: Tobias\u2019 turn Tobias Myers threw two innings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[67330,10010,7842,363,1189,99],"class_list":["post-477142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-craig-kimbrel","tag-francisco-lindor","tag-juan-soto","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}