First off, sorry for the delay! I’m teaching three new classes (and one redesigned class) this school year, so my work ebbs and flows.
The Mets started off the year going to Washington, and eventually losing to Washington 9-4. The score doesn’t matter so much in Spring Training, especially for the first two weeks, but the individual performances do!
The Not So Good:
Montero had a tough inning on the mound allowing 4 earned runs. I wasn’t able to watch the game, but from I was able to gather it seemed whatever he was trying to work on in yesterday’s game, it was not working. Paul Sewald, from the Mets minor system, also had tough day on the mound. He’s quite far down the depth chart though, so this isn’t as big of a deal as Montero (which really isn’t a big deal since it’s the first start in Spring). Back up, back up catching signing Nevin Asley was only hitter to have two strikeouts on the day.
The Good:
Ynoa had an impressive outing one hit and striking out one over 3.0 innings. I don’t even remember the last time I heard of a pitcher pitching 3.0 innings in the first game of spring training. He’s a player that a good amount of people have been moderately up on for a while now. Non-Roster Invitee Pimentel notched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.
Hitting wise, Flores recorded a double in two AB’s and Conforto went 2-2 on the day. Plawecki, Taijeron, Kelly and Muno all had RBI’s (Taijeron was the only other player outside for Flores with an extra base hit).
Depth Chart Changes?
No. Not from this game.
