Mets spring training keeps chugging along! The Mets dropped yesterday’s game against the Nationals and are now 5-9-2. There is only about 2.5 weeks left of games for the Mets to make some crucial decision about the back of their rotation.
Recap of Yesterday:
Yesterday the Mets saw the long awaited debut of Dellin Betances and it wasn’t so great. Betances only recorded one out and allowed a hit and two walks and would be credited with allowing three runs, two earned to score.
The real position battle all Spring has been the last two starter spots and Matz reminded baseball pundits yesterday why he is the fourth start on the team. He dominated throughout three innings and struck out three. Many people on MMO have been confused why Matz is in a competition for the rotation, I’m one of them. He is clearly a more optimistic option than Porcello and Wacha.
Mets Lineup
- Jeff McNeil – 3B
- Robinson Cano – 2B
- Pete Alonso – 1B
- J.D. Davis – LF
- Wilson Ramos – C
- Amed Rosario – SS
- Jake Marisnick – DH
- Jarrett Parker – RF
- Ryan Cordell – CF
Starting Today:
Noah Syndergaard will make his third start of Spring Training today. He’s logged five innings so far allowing three hits, three runs, two earned while striking out seven. This is probably a good time to remember that his last start was marred by bad defensive and aggressive wind out of the stadium that kept that homer ball up. His off-speed stuff in that start looked quite good and we are looking forward to seeing more of it today.
Driving Us Batty
No this segment isn’t about Brett Baty. Now that we are 16 games into Spring Training, it’s a good time to take a look at who has been off to a hot start and and who has been a bit cooler. A couple of regular starters have cooled of this spring, but we aren’t worried. Alonso is hitting .194/.194/.226 in 31 ABs, Conforto is hitting .214/.241/.357 in 27 ABs and Dominic Smith is hitting .120/.185/.120 in 25 ABs. It’s still too early to be concerned about this, plus none of them are fighting for a roster spot. Amed Rosario is off to a colder spring, with two hits and no walks in 21 ABs. He’s also seen limited action in eight games (Gimenez, for example, has been in 11).
On the other side, there are some Mets that are so hot. Maybe too hot. Nimmo is hitting .435/.500/.652 in his first 23 ABs. McNeil, who is getting over the flu, is hitting .556/.579/.889 in 18 ABs. A surprising hot hitter has been Patrick Mazeika who, in a small sample size of 11 ABs, is hitting .364/.462/.909.
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