Benge was told that he made the Mets’ Opening Day roster on Monday, one day after the club’s final exhibition game of the spring.

The Mets, not so quietly, are potentially setting themselves to be what they clearly want to be: Dodgers East.

“There’s a good chance he stays back here in Florida to continue to pitch and until the opportunity presents itself. That shows you who he is as a person, as a human, as a competitor.”