The Mets opened up this game allowing 4 runs in bottom of the first inning to the home team, the Florida Marlins. They then would score 10 runs themselves allowing the Marlins to score only one additional run to win the game with a score of 10-5. One player that it wouldn't be fair to put either in a Good or Bad category today was John Maine because he really had two performances. In the first inning, he fell apart allowing a two run double and then a two run homer. He then came out though for three more innings, and had over his four innings, five strikeouts and no walks. So he was very very bad, and then he was very very good. I really wonder what we will get out of him this year because when he is on, he is very on. His line today was 4.0 IP, 5H, 4 ER, 0BB, 5K. Here are some box highlights from the rest of the Mets today:
The Good:
Castillo 1-3, R, 2RBI, 3B, BB
Kielty 2-4, R, RBI, BB
Evans 1-3, 2 RBI, 2B
Green 2-3, 2R
Tejada 2-5, 2B, 2R, RBI
Green 1.0 IP, K
Fossum 1.0 IP,
Muniz 1.0 IP, H, K
The Bad:
Anderson 0-2
Sullivan 0-4, SB, R
A rare bad day for Anderson and Sullivan, meaning the next time they take up a bat, they will be slugging. Castillo had a very nice triple today and he also had a nice defensive day. I was listening to the game on the FAN today and they brought up a good point, that is easy to forget and I forgot it, Castillo is a carear .290 hitter, its almost certain that he is going to have a better year this than he did last year. Kielty continued to show that he has the ability to bring a lot of power from the bench, its going to come down to how the Mets want to play him with other players options vs him having to go through Waivers. Evans also got into double digit RBI's for the Spring, and he is really tearing it up. I am very glad I do not have to decided the Mets bench because they have a lot of players who, at least statistically, are bringing very similar numbers down to thw wire.
