Recapping Yesterday:
The Mets and Cardinals entered yesterday’s game each with a win-loss record of 5-7 and they left with a win-loss record that was the same. Spring Training Baseball! For the Mets it was their second tie of the spring.
The most notable story from yesterday’s game came from a Non-Roster Invitee, Johneshwy Fargas who hit for the cycle! Raising his small sample batting average to .350 and his OPS to 1.030 for the spring. Fargas is still a long shot to make the Mets roster out of camp but performance like this at least enters him into Spring Training lore.
For a game without many regular starting hitters, there was quite a bit of office. First, Pete Alonso, who has been struggling to hit consistently this spring, went 2-3. Jarrett Parker also went 2-3 with a homer. It was also a big day for the for the catching depth chart. Nido had an extra base hit (he’s been struggling this Spring hitting .167/.481 OPS) and Mazeika hit a homer. Mazeika has not been struggling hitting and his homer in his only AB of the day raised his small sample size OPS to 1.660.
Most pitchers yesterday had a good day, which is surprising when you see the Mets and Cardinals tied at 7-7. Porcello continued his strong spring with 3.0 innings of shutout baseball, David Peterson allowed a hit and 3 walks but no runs over 2.0 innings and Gonsalves added two innings of shutout baseball. The problems came for two pitchers who are trying to make the last spot of the roster. Bashlor imploded allowing 3 homers and 7 hints over 0.2 innings, leading to 6 runs. Blackham had his first bad outing of the spring allowing a run on 3 walks and only recorded one out.
Getting Ready for Tonight:
The Mets and Astros will play anight game today featuring Michael Wacha for the Mets. In 2 games and 5.0 innings this spring, Wacha hasn’t allowed any runs and allowed only 3 hit sand 3 walks. He declared himself a starter after one of his starts. Since then Matz has been great and Porcello has been as well so the pressure is on.
Mets Lineup:
- Brandon Nimmo
- Pete Alonso
- Michael Conforto (DH)
- Wilson Ramos
- Amed Rosario
- Eduardo Nunez
- Jarrett Parker
- Ryan Cordell
- Luis Guillorme
Looks like your typical road game Spring Training lineup for the 2nd week of Spring Training. There’s a good mix of regular starters, hopeful regular bench players (hello Guillorme!) and a few players trying to break onto the roster by the end of camp.
It looks like Parker is getting rewarded for his second homer in spring with a start today. He is directly competing with Ryan Cordell on the Mets depth chart. Overall in spring Parker is hitting .235/.316/.588 over 19 PA’s. Cordell has seen a bit more playing time with 25 PAs and is hitting .240/.240/.400.
Let’s Go Mets!
