The Mets might have lost today but it was an important day for another reason: we got a look at today at a lot of prospects that are young in our system that people have been projecting over the next four years or so. Mainly the two names that were the largest are Dillon Gee and Flores, the next teenage hitting machine after Fmart. While not everyone had a great game, it was nice to see the young Mets get their day, so here are the box highlights on the day:
The Good:
Murphy 2-3, R, 2BB, 2 2B
Kielty 2-3, R, RBI, 2B
Sullivan 3-5
Flores 1-4, RBI, 2B
Gee 2.0 IP, BB, 2K
The Bad:
O'day 1.2 IP, 2 H, ER, BB
Green 1.0 IP, 2H, ER, BB, K
I am so glad to see Murphy have a good game. He hasn't been spot on for a week, and today he was spot on. He got up the plate 5 times today and made it on base two times due to walks and two times due to doubles. What does that mean? Well he is seeing the ball well enough to draw walks and hit doubles and he is getting patient at the plate, which are both important characteristics of great hitters. Sullivan bounced back from his ugly game yesterday with a nice three hits on the day and in his debut, Flores got an RBI double. Gee, after a very unlucky start his last time out, got ahold of himself and performed very well, and hopefully he will continue to do that.
The only person I'm concerned about is Green, who has been good for the most part during Spring but struggled during this game. With Sanchez starting to perform and spots in the pen limited, he just has to get back on track and he will will maintian his lead on one of those pen spots. Split Squad for the Mets tommorrow, including their annual game against University of Michigan.
