Mets optioned OF MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse.

Beau Brieske has a left groin strain and “won’t be ready for Opening Day.”

Pirates optioned LHP Evan Sisk to Triple-A Indianapolis.

Pirates reassigned RHPs Beau Burrows, Michael Darrell-Hicks, and Noah Davis, and C Shawn Ross to minor league camp.

Red Sox reassigned LHP T.J. Sikkema and RHPs Seth Martinez, Wyatt Olds, and Noah Song to minor league camp.