The Mets kicked off March, by playing their second spring training game of the season against a split squad Marlins team. I’m not sure what the rule is for the home team, but the away team has to bring four players to start every game that could be considered regulars. The Mets barely had 4 major leaguers in the starting lineup (that is to say, they definitely did not have four starters in the lineup). Actually thinking about the lineup, the only starter in the lineup was Chris Young. Anyway, the Mets lost 9-1.
The Optimistic Mets Fan Saw:
- Lucas Duda smashed, really smashed, a solo homer. He and Davis are off to good starts.
- Lannan had an excellent outing. Two innings, 26 pitches, 1 hit, no walks, no runs, 3 strikeouts. He also worked very quickly.
The Pessimistic Mets Fan Saw:
- Edgin really struggled keeping pitches down and locating pitches. Just a bad first start. Hopefully he can put this behind him and rebound in the next start. It does expose the Mets LHP problem in the bullpen, specifically in specialist.
- Edgin’s inning also just had some odd defense problems. Duda tried to turn a tough double play and ended up eating the ball. That’s rough for him because Davis’ defense is his underrated aspects of his game
- Seratelli struggled at the plate today, 0-3, 3 K’s. Yikes.
- Lutz went 0-3 with 3 K’s too.
The Future Oriented Mets Fan is looking forward to next week when Wright and Murphy start getting into games. Also the Mets travel to Jupiter tomorrow to play the Cardinals. No SNY coverage but WOR is on the call.
The Aesthetically Focused Mets Fan noticed that the Marlins black BP’s today are an improvement over their black alternates. I mean they are still bad, but no teal drop shadow on the back numbers was a huge improvement.
