The last three Mets games have had one thing in common – They have all been extremely lopsided.
On Friday the Mets won 10-0. Saturday they lost 12-0. Today they one 13-3. So lets boil those three games down to the major story lines:
Friday's game was a great example of the Mets taking advantage of mistakes, something critical the team was missing the last two seasons due to untimely hitting. The Marlins committed 5 errors early, and the Mets were on top of that moving runners aggressively and following up errors with hits. The result was the offense explosion of Mets. Two key Mets players for this season played a huge roll in the 10 runs as Ike Davis and Thole smashed homers (both their second of the Spring).
In the last set of three games we discussed how Thole was heating up. He caught today and Friday and hit a combined 4-6, 3 R, 2 RBI with a HR. With questions starting to rise about Beltran, getting an offense surprise from Thole could be key this season.
Speaking of Beltran, if for some reason he isn't good to go by Opening Day, the playing time will probably fall on Hairston, who has also been awesome of late. Today he went 3-4, scoring 3 runs, hitting 2 homers, 2 RBI and added a walk for good measure. His pop is something to be intrigued by.
With such a wide varieties of scores, there are some pitching notes to make. Dickey stuttered on Saturday. Misch was near perfect for three innings today until allowing 3 ER over 2 outs in the 4th inning. Niese was fantastic on Friday going 4.2 innings, striking out 4 and reminding us all why it is so much fun to watch him pitch.
The season is getting closer, and my optimism is brewing.
