Grapefruit Juice, 2/22/25: Mets 6, Astros 2

The Mets opened their Grapefruit league schedule with a 6-2 win over the Astros. Let’s round up the noteworthy things that happened in the exhibition game.

Juan Soto hit a home run to left-center in his first spring training at-bat as a Met.

Pete Alonso was the first Met to use an ABS challenge in a major league spring training game, successfully getting a called third strike overturned before ultimately drawing a walk. The system will not be used in regular season major league games this year.

Clay Holmes threw three innings, didn’t allow any runs, and struck out three batters without walking anyone. Getting stretched out to be a starting pitcher shouldn’t be a problem given how far ahead of…