Sloppy game by the Mets as they fall 9-5 to the Washington Nationals and make four errors in the field. Steven Matz made his second spring start and looked good through the first two innings not allowing any runs before running into trouble in the third. He threw eight straight balls to start the inning, walking Danny Espinosa and Matt Den Dekker. Alejandro De Aza then misjudged what should have...
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Third base is definitely a spot for the Mets that is limited prospect wise with the suspension of Eudor Garcia and the lost 2015 season from Jhoan Urena. The Mets do have a bunch of other guys that aren’t strictly third baseman but have played there recently like T.J. Rivera, Jeff McNeil, and Yeffry De Aza. Also the possibility with the Mets glutton on good shortstop prospects that one of them...
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Finally, we got to watch the Mets play while hearing the voices of Gary, Keith, and Ronnie like baseball is meant to be. The sellout crowd of 7,003 at Tradition Field got to see one of my least favorite things in baseball, a tie. The Mets tied the game in dramatic fashion when Dilson Herrera hit an inside the park homerun to leadoff the bottom of the 9th inning. Highlights from the pitching...
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The Mets finally took the field today in Viera against the Washington Nationals with Rafael Montero getting the start in the Grapefruit League opener. It did not go as planned at they lost the first game by a 9-4 score and Montero lasted only one inning. Here are some notes from the pitchers: Montero struggled with his control, needing 42 pitches to get through the first inning as he seemed to...
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The Mets selected Desmond Lindsay with their first draft choice (2nd round) of the 2015 draft from the Out-of-Door Academy in Sarasota Florida. The 19-year old right-handed hitter played first and third base in High School but the Mets had every intention of putting him in the outfield when they drafted him. Desmond ranked as high as #71 (Keith Law) on pre-draft prospect boards and was #102...
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