Huge day for Mets fans today – we can actually watch today’s game!
After several days on the road with limited coverage of the Mets, and yesterday’s home game that had no TV or radio coverage, the Mets will be back on our TV sets this afternoon as they take on the Nationals.
The Mets finally got their second win of the spring on Thursday, staying undefeated at home this season. Brett Baty had a huge, two-run homer, his second of the spring (and the only Met with two homers). Clay Holmes had another terrific start and top prospect Ryan Clifford had his first home run of the season. Today the Mets look to another top prospect – Brandon Sproat, as he makes his spring debut.
Three Things To Watch For:
- Brandon Sproat Time! Brandon Sproat enters 2025 as #61 prospect in Baseball America, #39 in Baseball Prospectus and #46 on MLB Pipeline. The three-time drafted, twice by the Mets, pitcher is competing right now for an eventual 2025 call up. Sproat turned heads in Binghamton in 2024 with a 2.45 ERA over 62 1/3 innings with a 11.1 K/9. He is the player to watch this afternoon.
- José Buttó: Buttó had a clean inning his last time out, no hits, no walks, no anything. He was a massive part of the Mets bullpen last season. The Mets current plans are to keep him in the bullpen. This afternoon, we’ll look to see if stays at one inning of relief or do the Mets stretch him to two.
- Brandon Nimmo’s first start! Brandon Nimmo is in the lineup today! Nimmo is coming off a year where he battled through injuries but still played in over 150 games with an OPS+ of 107. He hit over 20 home runs for a second season in a row and is still one of the most important bats in the Mets lineup. A major question this season is – where does he hit? Lindor and Soto have the 1 and 2 spots locked up. Alonso makes the most sense after Soto. So is Brandon Nimmo the cleanup hitter? We see that version of Nimmo today!
Let’s Go Mets!
