with Bichette at third base<\/a> for their Grapefruit League opener against Miami at Clover Park, which they lost 2-1.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
And naturally, Bichette was tested with a grounder down the line in his first game at his new position.<\/p>\n
The former shortstop backhanded Connor Norby\u2019s ground ball before his long throw tailed a bit as Jose Rojas tried to corral the ball at first.<\/p>\n
The play was ruled an error by Rojas, who could have made the play \u2014 but after he exited the game, Bichette said, \u201cThe throw could have been better, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if it was a more difficult throw than the one he was accustomed to from hole at short, Bichette said, \u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s tougher. It\u2019s different.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carlos Mendoza said Bichette was \u201cfine\u201d in his debut at third, adding he\u2019s liked what he\u2019s seen from his arm during camp.<\/p>\n
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Third baseman Bo Bichette fails to throw out Connor Norby at first during the Mets\u2019 spring training loss to the Marlin on Feb. 21, 2026. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n
He\u2019ll be tested throughout the spring, as Bichette will get plenty of reps at third, as he breaks in there, with Jorge Polanco at first.<\/p>\n
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Polanco didn\u2019t play Saturday, while Marcus Semien made his Mets spring debut at second, with Francisco Lindor out, recovering from hand surgery.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying third was fun,\u201d Bichette said of his debut. \u201cI\u2019m learning something new.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the realizations: \u201cI noticed right away the viewpoint is different [than shortstop]. You can\u2019t really look at the hitter. You look at the contact point. There\u2019s definitely a lot of stuff I can learn in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
There will be plays throughout the spring \u2014 and into the regular season \u2014 that Bichette has never seen before, with Polanco experiencing similar challenges at first base.<\/p>\n
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But the Mets are confident the ex-middle infielders are up to the challenge of moving to the corners, with their bats helping make up for whatever learning curves they go through defensively.<\/p>\n
And they\u2019ve talked extensively about what both veteran players bring to the roster in terms of experience and culture.<\/p>\n
For Bichette, he\u2019s confident having seen it finally gel last season in Toronto helps translate to similar results with the Mets.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about the process,\u2019\u2019 Bichette said of what he figured out in Toronto, along with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. \u201cThe organization was kind of put in Vlad\u2019s and my hands at a really young age and we went through a lot of ups and downs. We had some really good times and not so good times that shaped us to get to the point that it was just really about winning. It\u2019s not that we didn\u2019t think it was about that from the beginning, but we had to get to the point where it really was the main focus and the only thing we cared about. We had to set that culture.\u201d<\/p>\n
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It will be a different challenge with the Mets.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I can bring who I am and how I play on the field and what matters to me,\u2019\u2019 Bichette said. \u201cHopefully that turns into conversations about winning \u2014 and that\u2019s already happening.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 Bo Bichette was back in a game for the first time since his Blue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[18619,382,101534,4279,10010,1995,222817,95652,2821,363,99,67650,12378,12000],"class_list":{"0":"post-483703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-blue-jays","9":"tag-bo-bichette","10":"tag-connor-norby","11":"tag-dodgers","12":"tag-francisco-lindor","13":"tag-jorge-polanco","14":"tag-jose-rojas","15":"tag-marcus-semien","16":"tag-miami","17":"tag-mlb","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-the-mets","20":"tag-toronto","21":"tag-vladimir-guerrero-jr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483703","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=483703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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