Mets' Jeff McNeil: To get time at third base

McNeil will play third base in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against St. Louis, David Lennon of Newsday reports.

McNeil's main focus this spring has been on learning left field, where the Mets hope he'll spend the majority of this season. However, with Jed Lowrie (knee) and Todd Frazier (oblique) currently banged up, McNeil could be needed at third base instead to begin the year. McNeil appeared four times there in the majors last season and started occasionally at the position in the minors, so the transition should be an easier one.