Happy Syndergaard day! Happy Edwin Diaz day!
Hope you enjoyed yesterday’s deGrom start! Jacob made quick work of the Tigers yesterday allowing 1 hit and striking out 4 over 3.0 innings. His impressive performance was followed by clean innings from both Gsellman and Lugo. Mesoraco, who deGrom credits success to last season, hit a home in the game and Amed Rosario led the game off with one. Rosario now has a 1.409 OPS in spring.
Mets Lineup:
- Jeff McNeil (LF)
- Michael Conforto (RF)
- Robinson Cano (2B)
- Wilson Ramos (C)
- Dominic Smith (DH)
- Pete Alonso (1B)
- JD Davis (3B)
- Danny Espinosa (SS)
- Juan Lagares (CF)
Starting Pitcher: Noah Syndergaard
Today is one of the few times you’ll watch a Mets game that Syndergaard is starting and is not the main event. The main event today is the Spring debut of Edwin Diaz, the big (expensive in terms of prospects) piece from the Cano/Diaz trade this winter. Last year he finished a league leading 65 games (for a league leading 57 saves) totaling 73.1 innings over 73 games. He posted a 1.96 ERA, 1.61 FIP, 0.791 WHIP, 15.2 K/9 and a 208 ERA+. All just outstanding numbers. He was an All-Star, finished 8th in Cy Young voting and 18th in MVP voting.
Other things to watch in no particular order:
- Jeff McNeil has had only 4 PA’s in spring over two games and is still searching for his first hit, but has scored a run.
- In 9 PA’s so far, Robinson Cano has 4 hits, all singles, leading to a .444/.444/.444 slash line. Just really wanted to share that. Four is a great number.
- JD Davis has had a ton of playing time this spring and has made the most of it. In 5 games in the last week and 16 AB’s, he has 5 hits including a double and a homer leading to a .313/.313/.565 line.
- Dominic Smith already had a great early spring training batting line heading into yesterday’s game, and then he added two more hits. Now in 11 PA’s he has 5 hits and 3 walks leading to a .625/.727/.625 line.
- In his first outing this week, Syndergaard allowed 2 hits while striking out 2 over 2.0 innings.
- Today should be Hector Santiago‘s third game of spring. He has tossed 3.0 innings allowing a run (a homer), and two hits while while striking out 5.
Let’s Go Mets!
