If you like the Mets winning games that have no meaning, yesterday wasn’t a great day. The Mets lost at home in the early afternoon to the Cardinals 15-5 and then at night they lost to Astros 7-3. Playing so much baseball yesterday, there are positive and negative things to note. In the afternoon Jeff McNeil had 3 hits as a third basemen and Pete Alonso, Robinson Cano and Carlos Gomez each had two. O’Rourke pitched another clean inning basically forcing the Mets into a decision where they keep Dowdy because he’s a rule 5 pick or they keep their promise of taking the best 25 players and take O’Rourke. Hector Santiago started the game and allowed 5 runs off 7 hits and 3 walks over 3.0 innings in probably his final appearance before his upward mobility clause kicks in.
In the evening Dominic Smith and Luis Guillorme had two hits each. Dominic Smith raised his batting average to .362 as he and Alonso have had amazing springs. Guillorme is going to make the Mets make a tough decision between him and Hechavarria. Good news on the pitching front, Vargas pitched into the 6th inning. Bad news is his line looked bad, allowing 4 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks. Even worse news, Edwin Diaz allowed 3 runs on 4 hits in 0.1 innings and now has a Spring ERA of 8.53. Callaway is not concerned.
Caught up? Good. Let’s jump to today:
Mets Lineup:
- Jeff McNeil (LF)
- Pete Alonso (3B)
- Robinson Cano (2B)
- Keon Broxton (CF)
- Carlos Gomez (RF)
- Amed Rosario (SS)
- Tomas Nido (C)
- Will Toffey (3B)
- Ronny Mauricio (DH)
Starting Pitcher:
Things To Watch For:
- Ronny Mauricio got his first hit in a major league spring training game yesterday afternoon and is rewarded with a DH spot today. He is currently high on a list of players who could become the next top prospect in the Mets organization.
- Toffey has seen limited action in major camp getting only 4 PAs and getting one hit so far. Players yesterday pretty much played the entire game they started so Toffey gets a start today! He was traded with Wahl from the Athletics for Familia last summer.
- Keon Broxton has 16 dogs. That has nothing to do with him starting in the outfield today. I just find this fascinating. I can barely keep 3 succulents alive and healthy.
- Carlos Gomez gets another start today! He went 2-4 yesterday will provide pressure on all of the outfielders trying to break into the roster.
- Happy deGrom day! Jacob didn’t make his last start in major league camp due to overexposure to the Marlins/Nationals. I’ll be surprised if he goes super deep into today’s game as it’s probably a tune up for Thursday. His last start was against Noah Syndergaard.
Let’s Go Mets!
