7 years agoAs mentioned earlier Friday, New York Mets first baseman Dominic Smith was a late scratch for the team’s opening game of spring training on Friday. Given the team’s offseason full of criticizing Smith, the signing of first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and emergence of prospect Peter Alonso, any benching of Smith is worth close inspection. It turns out, the decision to keep Smith out of the lineup on Friday is because he was late, and as such, he’s being punished. While this could have been worse, being late to the first game of spring training when the team was already publicly questioning him is certainly not going to help Smith’s cause.--John Smith
Source: Mike Puma