The Mets tied yesterday in the second game of Spring Training with the Miami Marlins. The highlight of the game was Dilson Herrera’s inside the park homer allowing all of us to remember why we wanted a second basemen signing this year of only one season. (Herrera also just turned 22 this week).
The Not So Good:
I feel funny putting Verrett here. He wasn’t not so good, but he also wasn’t good. It was just super average, which is usually not so good (man I stink at writing). He allowed 2 hits, and 2 runs, 1 earned in 2.0 innings of work while walking none and striking out none. One of those hits was a homer. Also one of my favorite Mets, Buddy Carlyle had a rough first outing in spring allowing 1 run over 3 hits in one inning while walking one and striking out 1. No one had a bad hitting day, but Monell’s 0-2 now means he’s 0-4 this spring.
The Good:
We already discussed Dilson Herrera. Taijeron went 1-2 with a triple, making it the second straight day that he had an extrabase hit. Walker, de Aza and Lagares also all notched their first spring training hits. Blevins allowed an unearned run and two hits, but it was good to just see him out there again. Morris, Reed, Below and Bradford all recorded scoreless innings.
Depth Chart Changes:
No. Not Yet. But Taijeron is at least making a name for himself early.
