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Ed Wolfstein/Icon SMI Mike Nickeas, who made his major league debut in September, is due to break camp with the Mets as Josh Thole's backup catcher. Mike Nickeas was hitting in the cages on the back side of the Mets' spring-training complex near th...

Mike Nickeas has long been viewed as a major league-caliber player defensively. It was at the plate where the 27-year-old catcher struggled to produce. Nickeas, originally drafted by the Texas Rangers in the fifth round in 2004, was traded to the ...