With the lockout lifted, new Mets manager Buck Showalter can finally meet his players, and began that process with a fellow newcomer in Max Scherzer, who arrived to camp on Friday morning.
Scherzer, who signed a record deal with New York before the lockout, recently concluded his large role in labor negotiations during the 99-day lockout, and is now ready to get to work in preparing for his Mets debut, as he was already throwing on Friday with Opening Day now less than a month away.
"It doesn't take long to know this is a competitive guy," Showalter said, via the New York Post. "I loved talking to him. He and Jacob deGrom they have it in common, they are baseball players who are pitchers, not pitchers who are baseball players. I will let you know this: Both guys were not happy that they won't be hitting any more."
One Met who might be happy about the new universal DH rule is Robinson Cano, who is looking for redemption after being suspended all of last year for another PED violation.
Showalter also spoke with Cano, who said he wants to address the team when he arrives to camp, according to Joel Sherman of the Post.
Per Sherman, Showalter watched all of Cano's action in Winter Ball and still believes the 39-year-old can still perform, though he will have to prove it to earn a regular role within New York's retooled offense.
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