Starling Marte kept it simple for spring training: If he could leave with his legs stronger than when he arrived it would be a successful camp with the Mets.
With one Grapefruit League game remaining, the veteran outfielder can say he’s close to meeting his goal, after undergoing November double groin surgery that still had him in a rehab mode as spring training began.
Marte missed most of the final month, but returned for the Mets’ NL wild-card series loss to the Padres.Manager Buck Showalter might have seen all he needed to earlier in the week when Marte played all nine innings in right field for the first time this spring. Showalter was asked if he would like the 34-year-old Marte to again emerge as a top base-stealing threat.
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