Sunday was Starling Marte’s Mets Spring debut. Today another former Athletic makes his Mets debut – Chris Bassitt!
The Mets are coming off of an exciting win on Sunday where both Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer pitched. Jacob starting things off tossing 52 pitches over 3.0 innings, allowing one run, scattering 4 hits and no walks while striking out 5. Scherzer pitched 6.0 innings and threw 90 pitches! He allowed 2 runs off 3 hits and a walk while striking out 7. Can you imagine if the Mets had a double header and the two pitchers were deGrom and Scherzer?
The Mets bats couldn’t let the pitching take all the shine. The Mets had 12 hits on the day leading to 7 runs including two homers, one from each side of the plate, from Francisco Lindor. Lindor finished the day with 3 hits, raising his Spring OPS to 1.444. Tomas Nido and Pete Alonso each turned in two hit days at the plate while Marte doubled in his Mets debut.
Mets Lineup:
- Brandon Nimmo CF
- Starling Marte RF
- Francisco Lindor SS
- Pete Alonso 1B
- Jeff McNeil 2B
- J.D. Davis DH
- Dominic Smith LF
- James McCann C
- Luis Guillorme 3B
Starting Pitcher: Chris Bassitt
What We’re Watching For Tonight:
Chris Bassitt makes his Mets debut! Bassitt was the big final piece to the Mets roster after the lockout. Last season he pitched 27 games and 157.1 innings for Oakland posting a 3.15 ERA, 3.34 FIP, 1.055 WHIP and a 130 ERA+. Over his 7 seasons he has pitched 555.2 innings with a 3.47 ERA, 3.86 FIP, 1.213 WHIP and 119 ERA+. To put his ERA+ in perspective, Stroman had a 133 ERA+ last season. Walker, Megill and Peterson were all below 100 and Rich Hill clocked in at 105.
The Mets made a slew of cuts over the last couple of days, sending a lot of players on Non-Roster Invitations back to minor league camp. So we have an away trip lineup filled with a ton of regulars today. The end result is a lineup that looks a lot like a regular season lineup for the Mets. Starling Marte is back in the lineup after his first game on Sunday and James McCann is finally cleared to play again today.
Let’s Go Mets
