Just Kidding.
Yesterday was an offensive explosion for the Mets. It brought on that awkward feeling of “I'm so excited we are scoring runs right now but please save this for the regular season.” The Mets walloped the Cards by the score of 16-3, with the majority of the scoring done by starters against starters early in the game. The Mets had 23 hits to back up those 16 runs. There are so many notable tidbits from this game that it is hard to distinguish what stats are the most important stats going forward, so here are a bunch of statements about the game, in no particular order of importance.
1) There were five Mets players who hit homers yesterday. David Wright (2). Angel Pagan (3). Brad Emaus (1). Josh Thole (3 – Also it was a PH). Den Dekker (the Upper Decker, not my nickname for him, but quite funny) (1). Thole has flashed some power this spring and now I am really curious to see how that aspect of his game carries over to the regular season.
2) The Mets had two players go 4-4: David Wright and Emaus. It is always good to see Wright go 4-4 because it reminds us that he is the cornerstone of the team. It was really nice though to see Emaus with the big day as he showed that hey, he can be starting second basemen, and the offense won't totally suck because of it. He showed some power, but that OBP in the 8th spot would be really nice in the regular season (to help turn that almost automatic out in the 9th spot into a productive out).
3) The pitching was good too! Capuano allowed 3 runs, 2 earned in 5 innings of work. Then everyone else pitched a scoreless inning (Boyer, Krod, Buchholz, Parnell). For the most part, the pen is looking pretty good.
Well one week left of Spring, and my optimism is rising. Is yours?
EDIT:
I forgot to include a Castillo update. Castillo had another 0-4 day with the Phillies yesterday, bringing his totals in his first two days to be 0-8.
