Sorry about the major delay in this post, wasnt feeling too good. Anyway, if spring training games could be amazing and get the blood flowing, this was it. The starting pitching was drool worthy, the long ball was out there, as that race for 25 just keeps getting more and more interesting.
So lets start with pitching. Oliver Perez was Oliver Perez. Not 2006 Oliver Perez, he was 2004 Oliver Perez. He pitched 5 innings. Allowed only 3 hits, did not allow any runs, and had 9 strikouts. 9 STRIKEOUTS…thats awesome. No walks either
Man, that is a dream come true.
The game went to Feliciano and Smith next. Felicano had a perfect inning with a strikeout. Smith threw a no-hit inning, one walk, and two strikouts.
I like Smith, I like Burgos, but i think that only one will make the team at first, and that will probably be Burgos because of expierence.
Showenies was next with 1 inning, 1 hit, 2 walks, and 2 strikouts.
Who needs Bradford and Oliver and Hernandez when you have Burgos, Smith, Showenwies and others
Wagner had a rough inning, giving up a run.
So it was time to see heart attack Wagner.
Now for the bats:
The Mets had a total of 9 hits with Reyes, Castro, Beltran, Green, LoDuca, Valetin, Milledge and Newhan all getting hits.
Shawn Green and Castro both launched long balls, as Milledge had a stolen base
Green will start. Newhan will be on the 25, that leaves milledge out most likely.
Alou and Delgado are both injury prone. If Alou goes down, i see Milledge or Johnson taking his place, if Delgado goes down, i see Green and Franco splitting time at first and either Milledge or Johnson joining the team
Soler reportingly has signed with the pirates, more on that later
