The Mets are coming off another win as they look to make it two in a row today against the Cardinals!
Recap of Yesterday:
The Mets collected 8 hits yesterday and the pitching shut down the Cardinals as they won by a score of 4-1. McNeil was star of the show again for the offense, he was the only hitter who had two hits and one of two players with a double (Conforto was the other).
The real story out of yesterday’s game was Marcus Stroman who pitched 3 innings of 1 hit, 1 walk ball while striking out 4. He looked sharp. Erasmo Ramirez, in Mets camp as deep starting depth had a solid two inning no run performance and has lowered his Spring ERA to 1.50. Daniel Zamora who is battling for a bullpen spot had another strong outing of shutout baseball, keeping his his ERA at 0.
On the Mound Today:
My attention today is on the pitchers. First, Rick Porcello starts and is probably slated for around 3 innings of work. He is still competing with Matz and Wacha. In his first 2 games he has pitched 3.0 innings allowing an earned run off 4 hits while striking out 3.
Edwin Diaz is also listed as available today. After a poor spring debut where he allowed 2 runs off 3 hits in an inning, he was much more settled down in his last outing where he worked around a double and allowed no one to score.
Rounding out the Mets available pitchers today are Wilson, Peterson, Blackham and Bashlor. Wilson has been off to a great start to Spring, allowing no runs in his first two outings. Bashlor hasn’t allowed any runs in 3 outings, scattering 3 hits as he competes for the last bullpen spot. Blackham is in game on an NRI and has pushed himself into the conversation for last bullpen spot, allowing only 1 hit and 2 walk in 3 games so far. Finally, David Peterson is one of the Mets top starting pitching prospects and we are just excited to see what he can do again today.
