PORT ST. LUCIE — There was no talk of ramping it up from Brodie Van Wagenen on Saturday.
Only talk of ramping it down.
Players making the best decisions for themselves and their families. Players staying in shape, but no talk of game shape. Certainly a high majority of Mets will stay around Clover Park, simply because it’s convenient. Players want to stay engaged and many of them have homes in the area, similar to the Yankees’ situation in Tampa.
The Cardinals, who are in nearby Jupiter, sent their staff home, but have given players and coaches the option of staying. Essentially, think of this week coming up as early February and not mid-March.
Don’t expect this to be a brief pause to the season and games getting underway in April.
With MLB, you can’t look at what they say because everyone has their own agenda. You have to look at what they are doing. It’s clear all ballplayers have hit the brakes hard on their workouts, ramping everything down. From all indications and what teams are doing now, it appears that Memorial Day Weekend seems like a fine time to start the 2020 season.
If, and this is a big if, if things don’t get worse with the coronavirus pandemic.
MLB will try to stick as many games as possible into the shorter window because it’s all about maximizing revenue.
With all that in mind, the Mets’ deep starting rotation becomes that much more valuable. There was talk of Steven Matz being traded to the Yankees earlier this spring, a thought that Yankees GM Brian Cashman quickly shot down, but the bottom line is that the Mets are going to need every arm they can muster when games start and Matz becomes even more valuable to a team over the long haul that will be in a shorter window.
This also gives Yoenis Cespedes and reliever Dellin Betances more time to be ready.
The offseason additions of starters Rick Porcello and Michael Wacha become that much more important than when they were made. Porcello has made some nice adjustments to his arsenal — going back to his sinkerball roots. That’s what has worked for Porcello in the past and that’s what the Mets need to get their $10 million worth from their pitcher.
The danger for all the Mets pitchers now is to stay on the same pace as they were on up until March 12. They need to slow down.
Back-to-back Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom looked liked he was ready for Opening Day after Wednesday’s outing against the Cardinals, baffling the Cardinals hitters at every turn. One of the things deGrom worked diligently on this spring was to use the Mets analytical department to keep close tabs on his workload.
DeGrom did not want to peak too early in spring training. He wanted that workload to develop to top form as the season developed. So now with the stoppage, which, again could be nearly two months, not two weeks, he will need to readjust everything and that will be the challenge when players get back to work at Clover Park.
DeGrom lives a few hours from Port St. Lucie, so he can easily go back and forth.
“Once we compile a list of players who will be staying, then we will be building our camp schedule accordingly for tomorrow,’’ Van Wagenen said.
Asked specifically about his starting pitchers, the GM talked of building out those schedules, and keeping pitchers stretched out: “The plan for each player will vary. What I can tell you is that we are not having extended simulation games or live BP sessions where pitchers are throwing to hitters today and as information comes in we will start to schedule the agenda for the days that are coming.
“We’re operating right now that this is bigger than baseball,’’ Van Wagenen said. “This is not about preparing for competition today as much as it is making sure players are considering their own circumstances because naturally each player has a different circumstance from one another. We can accommodate them from a baseball standpoint as we have a better handle on players’ individual decision-making.’’
Everything will be ramped down for now. Welcome to the endless spring.
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