The New York Mets play the Houston Astros again today. How surprising.
Anyway, the Mets finally picked up their second win of Spring yesterday as they rounded out their first full week playing baseball this year. Highlights so far have included two positive starts by Rick Porcello, Brad Brach looking good in outings so far, Andres Gimenez showing hitting skills in addition to flashing leather and Brandon Nimmo exclaiming “sun ball double” to the camera.
About Last Night
As mentioned earlier, the Mets actually won a game yesterday! It was the second straight game for the Mets where no one collected two hits. Gimenez had the biggest hit of the game, a homer that would end up being the deciding run. This is after he roped a double the night before – really positive signs.
Patrick Mazeika, who came in to DH after Robinson Cano went 1-for-2 with a double, his third double of the spring as he continues to have a quiet, strong start to 2020. His small sample size OPS is 1.570 right now.
On the mound, Marcus Stroman gave up a homer, his only real blemish in two innings of work. He was followed up by a clean inning of relief from Matt Blackham, a Jeurys Familia inning of no runs but a hit and a walk (so in character), a clean inning with two strikeouts from Daniel Zamora, a clean inning from Paul Sewald and a shutout inning for Ryley Gilliam. After having a rough week, it was nice to see him successful.
On the Mound Today
Steven Matz makes his second start this spring. He’s competing with Michael Wacha and Rick Porcello for a roster spot. Porcello has already had two starts where he has allowed one run over three innings and Wacha was also impressive in his Spring debut. Matz allowed a solo homer and that’s it in his first inning of work last weekend. We expect to see him out there for about two innings today.
After Matz on Saturday is a prospect lover’s dream lineup. David Peterson, Franklyn Kilome and Jordan Humphreys are all scheduled to pitch today. Peterson allowed a hit and nothing in else in his spring training debut this week. Kilome’s did not go as well, allowed two runs off two hits, including a homer in his first inning of work. Humphreys allowed one run off two hits in his first spring inning also.
Mets Lineup
- Brandon Nimmo – CF
- Michael Conforto – RF
- Pete Alonso – 1B
- Wilson Ramos – DH
- Dominic Smith – LF
- Eduardo Nunez – 3B
- Luis Guillorme – 2B
- Rene Rivera – C
- Andres Gimenez – SS
There’s a lot to watch for today! Let’s Go Mets! Check 213 Miles From Shea for more Mets insights.
