JUPITER, Fla. -- The common thread of Chris Bassitt’s spring outings has been his ability to put up zeroes. Bassitt’s strong camp continued Tuesday with 4 2/3 shutout innings in a 10-0 win over the Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium. Counting an intrasquad outing last week, the right-hander has now thrown 8 2/3 straight scoreless innings.

He isn’t dwelling on any of it.

“The results sound great, but … I don’t really care about it,” Bassitt said. “I’m not really building much of anything with that.”

That mindset aside, spring success always beats the alternative -- especially for a pitcher trying to integrate himself into a new organization. The Mets did not complete their mid-March trade for Bassitt until Spring Training had already begun, giving him less time than an incoming player would typically have to learn about a new group of catchers, coaches and countless other staff members.

None of it seems to faze Bassitt, if his early results are any indication. The only real trouble the right-hander faced in his Grapefruit League debut on Tuesday occurred when he put two men in scoring position with one out in the fourth. A strikeout and a groundout later, the issue was behind him.

“I love his mentality,” catcher James McCann said. “It’s going to be exciting to get to catch him. … When you’re comparing a guy to Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer, he may not jump off the page the same way. But you’re talking about once-in-a-generation type of players. For Bassitt to be labeled as a No. 3, that’s a pretty good pitching staff.”

Bassitt, who was Oakland’s Opening Day starter last year, is the No. 3 in Queens only because he now plays for a team that features deGrom and Scherzer. That pair will pitch the Mets’ first two games of the season, followed by Bassitt on April 9 in Washington.

Left to decide
As has become his custom this spring, Chasen Shreve faced three batters on Tuesday and retired all of them, striking out a pair. All told, Shreve has faced nine batters in Grapefruit League play and permitted none of them to reach base.

The only other lefty relief candidate in camp, Alex Claudio, has also thrown three scoreless innings. So how to separate the two of them?

“You look at track record,” manager Buck Showalter said. “Nothing says we have to carry a lefty pitcher, but we’ll see. Neither one of them has taken a back seat or taken a step back from what we thought they might bring. We’ll see what the rest of the spring holds.”

At this point, Shreve appears to be a near-lock to make the team. The Mets can conceivably carry both Shreve and Claudio on the Opening Day roster, though doing so would be relatively complicated, requiring them to clear multiple 40-man roster spots. (Outfielder Travis Jankowski is another non-roster invitee who will need a 40-man spot if he makes the team.) Because the Mets don’t have any more 60-day IL candidates, clearing additional 40-man spots would require them to designate players for assignment.

Pitching tips
The third of the Mets’ four guest instructors arrived this week with eyes on helping the pitching staff improve. After spending his morning speaking with deGrom and others, former Mets lefty Al Leiter called deGrom the model “of what it’s supposed to look like.” Leiter believes that to such an extent that he often references deGrom when talking to his son -- Rangers farmhand Jack Leiter, one of the top pitching prospects in baseball.

Leiter took two trips to Arizona earlier this spring to visit Jack, but he returned to Florida this week at the request of Showalter, who wanted to bring in several ex-Mets to help instruct his current players. Mike Piazza and Mookie Wilson visited earlier in March. David Wright is due into camp on Wednesday.

“Buck likes the idea of having some connection with the franchise’s past, and history, and tradition, and legacy and all that,” Leiter said. “I’m appreciative of that.”

Apple TV+
The Mets will be featured on the first round of Apple TV+ games this season, as part of the service’s “Friday Night Baseball” initiative. Their matchups against the Nationals on April 8 and the Angels on June 10 will be featured on the service.

Those games will air exclusively on Apple TV+ and not SNY. They will not, however, require an Apple subscription. Anyone who downloads the Apple TV+ app on their TV, tablet, smartphone or other device will be able to stream the games for free.