WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — All you had to do was look at the high school-style grandstand behind home plate on the back fields at the Nationals complex to understand this was not your typical Thursday 10 a.m. “B’’ game.
There was Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen talking with owner Fred Wilpon — along with a slew of team scouts, including assistant GM Allard Baird.
They were there to see Travis d’Arnaud catch his first game behind the plate since d’Arnaud shredded his right elbow last April, leading to Tommy John surgery.
How did d’Arnaud do?