Of all the challenges the team will face in their efforts to have a season during the pandemic, Jeff McNeil believes the trip will be the most difficult of all.
“We don’t know how it will turn out,” McNeil said on Thursday. “We don’t know if we will take buses everywhere and how many buses. What will it be like at the hotel? The biggest challenge is trying to get used to all of it. “
For now, the Mets focus on how they can get ready at Citi Field and even practice how to sit in the dugout on Wednesday, according to Luis Rojas.
But that number is much easier to handle than life on the road.
Michael Wacha said he hoped the trip would be “crazy” this season.
McNeil added: “It will not be like a normal year, where the journey is very smooth and they bring it to science.”
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McNeil said the details still had to be worked on, but he was pretty sure about what his routine would be away from home.
“I know they want us in [hotel] as much room as possible, away from the general public, “McNeil said.” I know when I’m on the road, I’ll be in my hotel most of the time, relax. “
“I keep thinking I have seen it all, but every day there will be something that we have never seen before,” Wacha said. “We learn while we go. … The journey will go crazy, but I think everyone is ready and ready to take it. “
