Spring Training Game Thread: Mets vs Marlins, 7:05 PM

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NEW YORK METS (1-4-1) VS. MIAMI MARLINS (5-0)
Thursday, February 27, 2020 • 7:05 p.m.
Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium • Jupiter, FL
RHP Rick Porcello (0-0, 9.00) vs. RHP Robert Dugger (0-0, 0.00)
WCBS 880

The Mets are still on the hunt for their second win this spring as they travel to Jupiter to take on the Marlins in the ultra-rare night Spring Training Game during the first full week of Spring Training games.

What Happened Yesterday?

The Mets dropped their first of several games against the Astros. Noah Syndergaard got the Mets off to a good start in his first Spring outing, allowing just a hit in 2.0 innings of work where he struck out two. Justin Wilson followed him with a clean inning and then things fell apart for the highly anticipated debut of Edwin Diaz. Diaz allowed 2 runs off 3 hits in 1.0 innings. He had a tough spring last year as well with a 8+ ERA so hopefully he can get a clean inning together his next time out.

Ryan Cordell who made a spot start for Brandon Nimmo made the most of his opportunity yesterday, going 2-4 with a homer, bringing his spring batting average to .364 and OPS to 1.090. He was the only Met to have two hits yesterday and the only Met to hit an extra base hit.

Battle For the Rotation Continues

I’ve been under the impression that Matz had the 4th spot in the rotation locked down and Porcello and Wacha were battling for the 5th spot. Michael Wacha when talking to reporters says he expects to spot. The Mets in general have leaked this idea of letting Matz and Wacha flip in and out of the rotation depending on match-ups, which makes Porcello the #4 starter. Porcello will make his second start of Spring Training. In his first start he allowed 1 run off two hits in 1 inning of work. We assume he’ll get between 2-3 innings today.

Mets Lineup

Eduardo Nunez is seeing quite a bit of playing time as he tries to break camp on the Mets roster. The main player in his way is Luis Guillorme who has had a fantastic spring with the glove (and just so you know my biases, whenever I try to make a roster for the Mets in 2020, Guillorme is on it). The combination of this being a road and night game severely limits the amount of major league regulars that are on this trip, so we’ll get a good look today at members of the 40-man roster not yet slated for an active roster spot and non-roster invitees tonight.

Let’s Go Mets!