Eduardo Escobar knows days as Mets starting 3rd baseman are numbered

Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY SportsThanks to the way the Mets built their roster this past winter, they entered spring training without a ton of burning questions. The one spot on the diamond with a chance to change before Opening Day, though? That always seemed to be third base with Brett Baty giving Eduardo Escobar a run for his money.

We don’t know yet if Baty has officially leapfrogged Escobar for the starting third base job. The switch-hitting veteran certainly sounds resigned to it, though. When asked about whether he thinks he’s still the starter, here’s what he said, as captured by Mike Puma of the New York Post:

I don’t know. For me I am coming in here with the idea that I am working hard…