The Mets optioned infielder Wilmer Flores to Triple-A Las Vegas, where he will work at shortstop.
"I felt like I played good at short," Flores said of his spring experience, per the New York Daily News. "It took me a game to get comfortable. I was thinking about the position more than just reacting at first. I feel like I got better and I will the more I play there. I will go to Vegas and play some short."