After signing Jonathan Villar on Monday, the New York Mets have their best group of bench players in years. Each player has multiple years of experience as starting players, strengthening the competition between each player to earn a roster spot. Here is a look at the bench options on the current 40-man roster.
Not many teams can say that their super-utility role player has the tools to hit for the cycle like Jonathan Villar. Love this signing for the Mets pic.twitter.com/bxbzUdU6gp
— Dylan Hornik (@_Hornik_) February 9, 2021
Catcher: Tomas Nido, Ali Sanchez, Patrick Mazieka
Tomas Nido has the clear upper hand over Ali Sanchez and Patrick Mazeika for the back-up catcher job.