Today marked the official check in for New York Mets Pitchers and catchers to Digital Domain Park in Port S. Lucie. Even though first official workouts do not take place until Wednesday, over ten pitchers are scheduled for a bullpen session tomorrow,according to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York:
Johan Santana. Dillon Gee, Matt Harvey, Frank Francisco, Miguel Batista, Tim Byrdak, R.A. Dickey, Jeremy Hefner, Jeurys Familia, Armando Rodriguez, Fernando Cabrera and Daniel Herrera also are scheduled to throw off a mound tomorrow.
Jenrry Mejia, who who underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on May 16, 2011 could possible join the above group of names in a mound session tomorrow as well; although manager Terry Collins told Rubin, Tuesday probably is a little too soon.
#bbpBox_171596073641586688 a { text-decoration:none; color:#000000; }#bbpBox_171596073641586688 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }Jenrry Mejia could throw off a mound for the first time tom. Hoping to get clearance today in his return from Tommy John.
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According to David Lennon of Newsday, it seems as if Jason Bay has taken over the locker formally occupied by Jose Reyes (I’m loving the blue Spring Training jerseys; may have to pick one up).
The weirdest and possible the funniest story to come of the day is that of Jon Niese; who according to Andy Martino of the Daily News, got a nose job because of Carlos Beltran.
“He wanted me to have a new nose,” Niese said, according to Martino. “So he offered to pay for it, and I was just like, ‘all right.’ Then it turned into seeing doctors, then it turned into getting it fixed.”
As Martino explains in his post to the Daily News, while there is little physical difference, Neise claims to be breathing better than ever before:
— On Monday, 10 pounds lighter than last fall, Niese said that the surgery had made cardiovascular exercise far smoother.
“It’s just so much easier for me to breathe,” he said. “Working out, it just seems so much easier for me.”
The ability to enjoy better exercise was an unexpected benefit of the process that began with Beltran’s teasing. After meeting with a surgeon, Niese was surprised to learn of problems that ran deeper than appearance.
“It was all messed up,” Niese said. “If you saw the CAT scan, you would have been pretty grossed out. The surgeon, he told me, ‘a normal nose should be like a doorway with the door open a little bit. (Niese’s nose was) like somebody ripped the hinges off the door and smashed it sideways into the wall.’”
Niese said he always knew there was an issue with his nose, but had no idea of the effect on his workouts and breathing.
“I grew up with it, so I never knew the difference,” he said. “But now that it’s done, it feels a lot better
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