Tong Using Spring to Work on Cutter, Change-Up

Jonah Tong fell behind hitters and gave up a home run for the second straight spring start Tuesday, but the results may be less important than what he learned throwing his pitches, especially the cutter and change-up.

“I think there’s some definitely, like some things I was really happy about,” he told reporters after the Mets beat Team Nicaragua 6-3 in an exhibition at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie. “I thought the cutter was really good today. I got some swing and miss on it and also filled...