Nothing speaks to the precociousness of righthander Rafael Montero quite like the fact that the Mets invited him to big league spring training, even though he finished last year with high Class A St. Lucie and doesn't need to be added to the 40-man roster until after the 2014 season.
The Mets may have acquired their catcher of the future, but doing so cost them the reigning Cy Young Award winner. Travis d'Arnaud headlined New York's return package in a seven-player trade that sent knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to the Blue Jays.
After an up-and-down season at Double-A, Mets southpaw starter Darin Gorski will receive an opportunity at big league camp this spring. But he'll likely be working as a lefty specialist in relief, manager Terry Collins said during the Winter Meetings in Nashville.
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