The Mets won again! More importantly, Jason Vargas allowed only 1 run over 2 innings and Smith, Avilan, Bashlor, Rhame, David Peterson and Torres behind him all pitched one inning without allowing a run. Michael Conforto and Pete Alonso each collected a couple of hits and JD Davis knocked in a double. Today the Mets will travel to Lakeland and bring with them a good crop of pitchers to watch.
Mets Lineup
- Amed Rosario (SS)
- Andres Gimenez (DH)
- Dominic Smith (1B)
- Rymer Liriano (RF)
- Devin Mesoraco (C)
- Tim Tebox (LF)
- Gregor Blanco (CF)
- Gavin Cecchini (2B)
- Arismedny Alcantara (3B)
Things to watch in no particular order:
- Jacob deGrom is making his second spring training start today. In his last outing he pitched one inning and allowed one run over 2 hits. He’ll go at least two innings today
- Lugo and Gsellman are both listed after deGrom today. The pair were important in the pen last year and look to be locked in the pen this year. Seth Lugo has pitched one inning this spring with a walk and nothing else. Gsellman has allowed 2 runs off 2 hits and a walk in one inning of work.
- PJ Conlon will see work today! The Belfast native had a clean inning of work his last time out.
- One roster start battle that is on going – a lefty spot out of the pen. At the start of spring there was one for Wilson and maybe one for Zamora. Zamora has to fight off Avilan and possibly Santiago. Avilan had a good inning of work yesterday. This will be Zamora’s second outing, in his first he allowed a walk and nothing else.
- Tim Tebow gets the start for the first time in a couple of days. I’m on team “Tebow makes baseball fun if you don’t take him to seriously”, so I’m ok with this early on in Spring. I know that’s a divisive opinion.
- Blanco is getting another start in the outfield today as he continues to get the long look in spring we expected him to get. In 11 PA’s this year he is hitting .222/.364/.586
- Dominic Smith in 7 PAs has hit .600/.714/.600. He’s looked good so far but also small sample sizes.
