Mets Make Spring Training Cuts, Eyeing Future Stars

0:00From the Daily News Now Network, this is New York Met's News Today. Subscribe to keep up with every headline, every game. The New York Met's made their first roster cuts of spring training this week, trimming five players from Major League Camp. Four of them. Jonatong, Nick Morbito, Dylan Ross and Jonathan Pentaro were optioned to triple A while Jack Winninger, the only one not on the 40-man roster headed to Minor League Camp. This leaves the Met's with 63 players still in big league camp. These moves come early in camp and are not really about how the players performed so far. Instead, they help get those guys ready for their triple A seasons and give the Met's more time to check out players closer to making the opening day. roster Fans and analysts see this as standard housekeeping, with no big surprises since spring stats are just a small sample. Morbito showed some speed with two stolen bases in five games, while Tong and Pentaro had mixed results in short outings, striking out a few butt, allowing runs.

1:04Winninger, pitch six and two-thirds innings over three games, fanning 10 but walking seven, and Ross didn't even throw a pitch before his cut on. March 6th. Overall, their stuff looked promising despite the numbers. Managers expect at least a couple of these players could see Major League time as soon as next year. Holding the door open as camp rolls on. The Daily News Now is presented by our sponsor, linked in the description. No need to switch positions. The sound is already where your head is, S-O-L-I, solely pillow.com