Bo Bichette on first game action at third for Mets: ‘Just trying to figure out ...

PORT ST. LUCIE — Bo Bichette entered Saturday’s Grapefruit League game eager to see what he was facing at third base. A career shortstop who hasn’t played third base since travel ball, Bichette has to see how deep he wants to play, he has to figure out the angles of the balls hit to the left side, and figure out the timing of his throws. But what he really wanted was a hard line drive hit right at him. “Getting comfortable with like a hot smash is something that I probably have to work on more,” Bichette told the Daily News on Saturday at Clover Park. “That’s one play you definitely don’t really get at short that much, and even if you do, you’re so far back, you have a lot of time to react...