Health hasn't been easy to come by for the New York Mets in spring training. After losing catcher Francisco Alvarez to a left hamate bone fracture, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters on Thursday that infielder Jeff McNeil would now miss three to four weeks with a strained right oblique.

With just 23 days left until Opening Day in Houston, the New York Mets are starting to whittle down their roster by assigning 13 players to minor-league camp.