The Mets look to complete their all-NL East Sunday with a trip to Jupiter to take on the Miami Marlins. This is a good time to just quickly reminisce about 2023. The Mets and Marlins matched up a lot throughout spring training, that’s normal. They also played the Marlins in two of their first three series of the year. So on the last day of Spring Training, when they faced the Marlins, it started a stretch of eight games against the Marlins over the next 11 games the Mets would play.
Now back to 2024. After a spring of playing the Marlins sometimes multiple times per week, after today the Mets won’t see the Marlins again until late May. The Marlins have had a lot of injury concerns to their rotation, this could be a different looking squad when the Mets and Marlins see each other again when it counts.
Three Things To Watch For:
- Tylor Megill, in the starting rotation again. In 2022 Tylor Megill was the Opening Day starter for the Mets with deGrom and Scherzer both out due to injury. Last season he made the Opening Day rotation with the Verlander injury. This year he’s on the rotation due to Senga’s injury. Megill has looked great this spring, especially due to his new American Sport pitch. Over five games and 15 2/3 innings, he has allowed 12 hits and four walks to become six runs (3.45 ERA) while striking out 16 batters. Is this the season where Megill finally puts it all together?
- Zack Short, newest roster addition. Zack Short found out this morning that he is going north with the team at the end of the week. He earned this spot thanks to his strong spring and versatility playing at second, third and short this spring. He went 10-for-36 at the plate scoring seven runs and also worked seven walks (.395 OBP).
- It’s apparently a big prospect day. The Mets have Gilbert, Clifford and Ramírez all getting starts today. Out of the three named players, Drew Gilbert is the closest to the major leagues with a serious chance of making the team at some point this season. Ryan Clifford came over in the same trade and he’s looking for his first official Mets spring training hit today. The hype around Ramírez melted away last season – can he bring it back?
Let’s Go Mets!
