The Mets dropped the spring training game 3-2 to the Braves yesterday (does this cue another meeting from Fred Wilpon worrying about the direction of the team?), and there isn’t much to write about, but here are somethings that are worth noting:
- Colon pitched 3 innings allowing 3 ER. However his first two innings were scoreless, so take that as you will.
- While Kirk didn’t get any hits, he did pick up two walks as he continues to live the spring on the base paths
- Mayberry picked up another two hits
- Flores picked up a double in 3 ABs, Reynolds picked up a hit.
- Herrera finally picked up a hit
- In the need for an LHP to perform well, Dario Alvarez had a clean inning with a strikeout.
Stocks on the Rise:
- Mayberry continues to hit. He’s probably working himself into a position to be the first bat off the bench in games he doesn’t start, but I think he was already that before the spring started
- Dario Alvarez, not just by today’s performance but with other options looking slightly to more substantially questionable right now, just by virtue of him being a south paw his stock is on the rise
Stocks on the Fall:
- No one on the bubble had a particularly awful day compared to a player they are competing with.
