PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- When Mets players arrived to work on Thursday morning, unfamiliar signs awaited them. Two days before their first Grapefruit League home game, the Mets officially changed the name of their spring stadium, announcing a 10-year deal to rename the ballpark First Data Field.
The park had been named Tradition Field from 2004-10, and from '13 until Thursday.
"It is an exciting time for our organization to have a worldwide leader in their field, such as First Data, to be our new naming rights partner," Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon said in a statement.