PORT ST. LUICE — The hard numbers largely go unspoken in the Mets’ clubhouse so as not to jinx the situation.
Robinson Cano is 36 years old. Jed Lowrie turns 35 in April. Todd Frazier turned 32 on the reporting date for pitchers and catchers to spring training and Wilson Ramos is six months behind him, giving the Mets four significant lineup pieces who already have celebrated their 30th birthdays. That doesn’t include Yoenis Cespedes, who is 33 and will begin the season on the injured list as he rehabs from separate surgeries to remove calcifications from both heels.