The Mets are win-less two days into Spring Training so far. Conventionally that would mean they’re 0-2 but nope, they are 0-2-1. They dropped their first two games on Saturday (Marlins and Cardinals) and tied against the Cardinals yesterday. Of course, none of this actually matters.
The Mets travel to play the Nationals today and if you like following minor league pitching prospects, today is your day. David Peterson, Paul Sewald, Jordan Humphreys, Erasmo Ramirez and Walker Lockett are all expected to see time today.
Two names that immediately stand out to us – Peterson and Humphreys. With all of the trades since before the 2019 season, Peterson is the closest starting pitching prospect to the major leagues and he is battling Ramirez, Lockett, Sewald and Gsellman this spring for “who is the 5th starter after Porcello/Wacha”.
Jordan Humphreys is exciting to see again, he’s been battling injuries for the last couple of years (he was dominating in 2017 before that) and he got into games this Fall posting a 0.77 ERA over 11.2 innings.
Mets Lineup:
- Jeff McNeil
- Brandon Nimmo
- Pete Alonso
- Michael Conforto
- Wilson Ramos
- Dominic Smith
- Eduardo Nunez
- Luis Guillorme
- Johneshwy Fargas
So where as the Mets didn’t bring a heavy contingent of regular pitchers, they brought a heavy regular lineup today. It’s way too early in Spring to be talking about lineup construction – but we will anyway. There’s quite the discussion around whether Nimmo or McNeil should hit lead-off, today we’ll see McNeil, with Nimmo in the two-hole (I feel it should be flipped but whatever).
We’ll also get another look at Luis Guillorme at short today who is off to a great spring with the glove. At second base, Eduardo Nunez looks to start his long shot chance to the Mets roster as a backup middle infielder.
Lets Go Mets! Further Reading from 213 Miles From Shea: We wrote profiles on David Peterson recently here and here. We also have a profile on Jordan Humphreys here.
