{"id":34640,"date":"2025-02-16T13:27:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T13:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=34640"},"modified":"2025-02-16T13:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T13:27:26","slug":"breaking-news-inside-the-conversation-mets-had-with-starling-marte-about-role-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=34640","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Inside the conversation Mets had with Starling Marte about role this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<article id=\"arc-K3VR3SCVQJB6ZFPOLM3YHLWI4Y\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/EA4OZRFKVFBE5AWCBO3Q54PRP4.jpg?auth=817d3bbcf2c8577a12f5d51aa1796f9c569a66b90786aaf2ba15a78c6fa1e09b&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"Mets, Carlos Mendoza, Starling Marte\" \/><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"7CB3EHS2S5BNDPW2GKE7ZKGXYM\"><b>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 <\/b>Mets manager Carlos Mendoza has already had to have a few difficult discussions early in spring training.<\/p>\n<p id=\"H7QIDH7TBVGCRNFA7MHYN7MPWM\">He\u2019s informed Jos\u00e9 Butt\u00f3, a natural starter, that he\u2019ll be working out of the bullpen this season and told Tylor Megill, who\u2019s in his fourth spring training with the team, that he\u2019ll be fighting for the final spot in the rotation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UHZ3DPA4PZDWVL27MQ5QMYVIYA\">Now he\u2019s had to have the hard conversation with veteran outfielder Starling Marte about his role with the team this season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"DBC7RIG2BNEFVLIEZUIR4AIPNM\">\u201cIt started a few weeks ago and then, as soon as he got here, we had a one-on-one conversation, and it was really good,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cIt\u2019s a different role than what he\u2019s been used to but it comes down to health. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p id=\"BW6ACAEAVNGZZKUGQLVTBD27PA\">\u201cIt was a really honest conversation and he took it really well. He\u2019s at the point in his career that he wants to win, and he\u2019s willing to do whatever it takes to help us win baseball games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"6NGL2JH2HZD5VHBHWEG3WISOQM\">After signing slugger Juan Soto to a historic 15-year, $765 million contract, re-signing corner outfielder Jesse Winker, and acquiring center fielder Jose Siri, Marte suddenly looked like the odd man out.<\/p>\n<p id=\"XXNKW5AZU5EEJLTD2LCX5VFADE\">Initial projections view him as a designated hitter, and Mendoza agrees. He\u2019ll platoon with Winker, who is a left-handed hitter, as the DH among other roles.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UDHXWY222BD6VKXRGSYJBCDQIE\">\u201cHe\u2019ll come off the bench when he\u2019s not in the lineup,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cThere will be situations where if I feel there\u2019s a right matchup for Winker, I\u2019m going to take the bat from him. I already told him that. &#8230; There\u2019ll be days where Soto might DH (and) he\u2019ll play right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"ROLNQJDOP5FAJA3RMZH7YSJEM4\">Marte is owed $20.75 million in the final year of his contract. Last season, the 36-year-old played 94 games and batted .269 with seven home runs, 40 RBIs and 16 stolen bases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the addition of Juan Soto, Mets&#8217; Starling Marte is out of position<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":34641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS: Inside the conversation Mets had with Starling Marte about role this season - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=34640\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS: Inside the conversation Mets had with Starling Marte about role this season - 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