Videos Mets videos Galleries Web links PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - The Mets did not envision this scenario, not as they spent the offseason shopping their first basemen, Ike Davis and Lucas Duda. But for what they were being offered, one team official said recently, pulling the trigger on a trade would have been the same as granting the players their release. So the Mets prepared for their only feasible alternative. Davis and Duda arrived here as equals, thrust into a competition for the starting job at first base. And Friday, as the Mets dropped their Grapefruit League opener to the Nationals, 5-4, each proved eager to stake his claim. Duda ripped a...
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