213 Miles From Shea

No need to lease an apartment in Panic City, the Mets offense came roaring back to life last night. The Mets scored 10 runs, powered by four home runs including a Pete Alonso grand slam as they beat the Marlins to take the first game of the series.

Tonight we get a battle of aces coming off lost years due to injury. Kodai Senga returns after making only one start in the regular season. Sandy Alcantara missed all of 2024 after having Tommy John in October 2023. Should be an exciting night in Miami!

Kodai Senga was a sensation in 2023. He finished the season making 29 starts, tossing 166 1/3 innings with a 2.98 ERA, 3.63 FIP, 1.220 WHIP and a 140 ERA+. He struck out 202 batters, was an All-Star, finished 7th in Cy Young voting and 2nd for ROY voting. Injuries fully derailed his 2024. He made one start in July, allowing two runs over 5 1/3 innings before an injury sidelined him again until the October. How far the Mets go this year could depend on how Senga comes back from injury. There are only three Marlins have have seen Senga in an official major league game:

• Xavier Edwards 0-4, K
• Nick Fortes 0-2, K
• Matt Mervis 0-2, BB, K

Sandy Alcantara missed all of 2024 recovering from Tommy John surgery. The ace of the Marlins staff had a tremendous 2022 with an 8.0 bWAR over 228 2/3 innings. His 2023 was a step back, where he had a 4.14 ERA, 4.03 FIP, 1.213 WHIP and a 113 ERA (3.9 bWAR) over 184 2/3 innings. In his first start this year he allowed two runs from two hits and four walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings. The Mets have the following career numbers against Sandy:

• Pete Alonso 5-32, 3 2B, HR, 2 BB, 8 K
• Francisco Lindor 7-25, 2 2B, HR, 3 BB, 4 K
• Starling Marte 5-15, 2 3B, HR, BB, 3 K
• Brandon Nimmo 4-30, 2 2B, 4 BB, 6 K
• Jose Siri 2-6, 2B, K
• Juan Soto 11-38, 2B, 2 HR, 6 BB, 6 K
• Tyrone Taylor 0-6, 2 K
• Jesse Winker 1-4, 2B

Three Things To Watch For:

1. Juan Soto to Pete Alonso. Last night’s game functioned exactly how the Mets hoped it would. Juan Soto worked a walk to load the bases. Pete Alonso then made the Marlins pay with a grand slam. The Mets were leading 2-1 before Pete’s grand salami. Juan Soto was the person you wanted up with two on. Pete was person you wanted to break the game open. More of this please!
2. Containing Otto Lopez. What a start for Lopez in 2025! He is slashing .400/.478/.700 over 20 at bats so far this season including his second three hit performance last night against the Mets (3-for-5, HR, K). In 2024 Lopez had only six homeruns over 403 AB’s. He already has two this year. The Mets need an answer for him now, and a week from now when the Marlins travel to Queens.
3. Lindor’s Bat. There has been a lot of talk about the torpedo bats that the Yankees were using against the Brewers last weekend. At some point over the weekend, it was reported that Lindor was also using one of the torpedo bats in Houston. Steve Gelbs reported that Lindor was actually using the torpedo bat a handful of times in 2024, it just wasn’t as “torpedo-y” shaped as it is this year.

Let’s Go Mets!

The momentum is in … Miami?!?

The Marlins are 3-1 this season, beating the Pirates three times on walk-off hits. The 1924 Pirates were the last team to be walked off for the first three losses of the season. The Mets are coming off of a lackluster weekend in Houston where they scored only five runs over three games. The Mets pitching kept them in all three games, just the bats fell short. Does Miami keep rolling? Can the Mets bats wake up?

Things finally clicked for David Peterson in 2024. Over 121 innings spread over 21 starts, Peterson had a 2.90 ERA, 3.67 FIP, 1.289 WHIP and a 136 ERA+. He also looked dominant in spring training this year, allowing two runs, one earned over 15 2/3 innings, scattering seven hits and seven walks. The Marlins got the better of Peterson last season, tagging him for six runs from 14 hits and six walks over 10 innings. The Marlins have the following career numbers against him:

• Xavier Edwards 1-3, 2 BB, 2 K
• Nick Fortes 3-12, 2 K
• Otto Lopez 1-6, 2B, K
• Dane Myers 1-3, 2B

Cal Quantrill joined the Marlins late in the offseason, signing a one-year contract on February 13th. Over 29 starts in 2024, he tossed 148 1/3 innings with a 4.98 ERA, 5.32 FIP, 1.517 WHIP and a 93 ERA+. He led the league with 69 walks. Despite pitching in Colorado, his road splits were not that much different than his overall numbers (5.04 ERA, 1.427 WHIP, 75 innings). The last time Cal faced the Mets was in 2023, as a member of the Guardians. He allowed three runs from six hits over 5 2/3 innings in that start. The Mets bats have squeaked out the following numbers against Quantrill:

• Pete Alonso 1-6
• Brett Baty 2-3, 2B, HR
• Francisco Lindor 1-3, 2B
• Starling Marte 1-8, BB, 2 K
• Brandon Nimmo 0-4, BB, 2 K
• Jose Siri 2-2, 2B
• Mark Vientos 0-3, K
• Jesse Winker 0-3, 3 BB, 3 K

Three Things To Watch For:

1. Juan Soto vs Cal Quantrill. Soto has led the league in walks in three of the last four seasons. This year he already has four walks leading to a .538 OBP. Cal Quantrill led the league in walks in last season. He walked four batters over 10 2/3 innings this spring. Seems like a recipe for traffic on the base paths!
2. Cooling off the Marlins bats. Over three games this season Juan Soto is the only Mets player with three hits. Nimmo and Torrens are the only hitters with two hits. Through four games this season the Marlins already have three players (Hill, Lopez, Myers) with five hits each. They have a total of six players with three hits or more. Mets pitching has been a strength so far this season and they need stop the momentum that is growing outside of South Beach.
3. Something new in centerfield. The Marlins used to have a seven-story tall home run sculpture in centerfield that actually gave the stadium character, which was removed in 2018 thanks to Derek Jeter. Norwegian Cruise Lines added a sculpture this season that tries to fill that void. Unlike the original home run sculpture which was basically just over the outfield wall, this iteration looks closer to concourse that wraps around the back of the stadium for fans. It looks like smoke stack on a cruise ship and sets off of fire works after a home run. Not as magical as the original, but at least its something. Hopefully the Mets don’t see it in action this week.

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Astros face off for the rare Saturday evening rubber game! There was no off-day for the Mets and Astros after Opening Day. Due to scheduling rules around interleague schedules, they are limited to a three game series. Thus, an unusual Sunday off-day.

Last night Juan Soto hit is his first home run as a New York Met. The ball left his bat at 107.3 mph and he knew it was gone immediately. The Mets bats didn’t do much of anything after his solo home run, but didn’t need to thanks to the excellent start by Tylor Megill and a bullpen that held the Astros to three walks, no hits and no runs over the last four innings.

Griffin Canning has gone from around seventh on the Mets depth chart going into the spring training to finding himself on sleeper fantasy baseball lists. Over 14 1/3 innings in spring training, Canning allowed only three hits from 11 hits while striking out a staggering 22 batters. His success this spring came from the Mets wanting him to use his cutter again and to try tossing a sinker. He pitched in 32 games for the Angels in 2024, tossing 171 2/3 innings with a 5.19 ERA, 5.26 FIP, 1.398 WHIP and an 81 ERA+. Playing in the same division as the Astros in 2024, he faced them three times allowing nine runs from 18 hits over 15 2/3 innings while striking out seven. The Astros have the following career numbers against him:

• Jose Altuve 3-13, HR, 2 BB, 2 K
• Yordan Alvarez 7-13, 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 2 K
• Victor Caratini 0-4, BB
• Yainer Diaz 4-10, HR, K
• Mauricio Dubón 2-5, BB
• Chas McCormick 0-4
• Jake Meyers 3-11, K
• Isaac Paredes 1-5, 2B, 2 K
• Jeremy Peña 2-12, 2B, K
• Brendan Rodgers 1-3, 2B, K
• Christian Walker 4-8, 2 HR, BB, 3 K

Spencer Arrighetti had a solid rookie season for the Astros in 2024. He had a 4.53 ERA, 4.18 FIP, 1.407 WHIP and an 87 ERA+ over 29 games (145 innings). Statcast picked up seven different pitches for Spencer last year who mainly relies on his mid-90s four seamer (40.6% of pitches), curveball (19.9%) and cutter (19.6%). The remaining 20ish percent of his pitches are sweepers and changeups, with very few sinkers and sliders mixed in. This will be his first start against the Mets with the only Mets who have seen him are Jose Siri (0-for-3, 2 K) and Juan Soto (2-for-3, HR).

Three Things To Watch For:

1. PECOTA Runs Scored. The Astros are sixth for in-season runs scored + projected runs scored by PECOTA at 760. The Mets have held them to only four runs scored so far this series. The same could be said about the Mets who are projected second and have also scored only four runs. Will one (or both) of these two teams take a step towards their projected performance tonight?
2. Relievers used on back-to-back days. Max Kranick is the only reliever that has not been used in a game yet. Conditions look right today for someone to get use on back-to-back days. There’s an off day tomorrow, and all of the high leverage arms went yesterday. How does Díaz do if needed for a save situation again today? Yesterday he only needed 15 pitches to get through the ninth inning.
3. Still looking for firsts. The Mets have four players who are still looking for their first hit of 2025: Lindor, Acuña, Baty, Siri and Senger. To be fair, Baty and Senger have combined for a total of three plate appearances. The entire Mets team is still looking for their first stolen base. As of now, the official call on Brandon Nimmo is that he got caught stealing but was safe at second due to an error from the first basemen.

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets look to bounce back after an Opening Day loss yesterday! Framber Valdez and the Astros were able to keep the Mets off the scoreboard for seven innings. There were opportunities for the Mets in the 8th and 9th but they turned two hits and four walks into only one run. While the perfect season may be out of reach for the Mets, they could still go 161-1 with a win tonight!

Tylor Megill is coming off of his best season as a Met. Over 16 games in 2024, Megill tossed 78 innings with a 4.04 ERA, 3.55 FIP, 1.308 WHIP and a 98 ERA+. These were all career bests, with the exception of WHIP. Can this be the season Megill finally becomes better than a league average pitcher (by ERA+)?

Megill faced the Astros at the height of his struggles last season. He was coming off of a starter where he allowed six runs over three innings. Against the Astros he allowed four runs over 5 1/3 innings from five hits and three walks. The Astros have the following stats against him:

• Jose Altuve 0-3, 2 BB, K
• Yordan Alvarez 1-2, BB, K
• Victor Caratini 0-1
• Yainer Diaz 0-5, 2 K
• Mauricio Dubón 2-4, 2B
• Chas McCormick 0-0, BB
• Jake Meyers 1-2, HR, K
• Isaac Paredes 0-2
• Jeremy Peña 1-3, 2B, BB, K
• Christian Walker 1-3, HR, 2 K

Hunter Brown pitched in 31 games in 2023 and in 2024. In 2023, Brown had a 5.09 ERA, 1.362 WHIP, 4.37 FIP, and an 83 ERA+ over 155 2/3 innings. Last season he had a 3.49 ERA, 3.58 FIP, 1.271 WHIP and a 113 ERA+ over 170 innings. Brown stepped into the role in 2024 that the Astros thought he would. The last time the Mets faced him though was in 2023 where he allowed six runs from seven hits and two walks over 5 2/3 innings. The Mets have the following career numbers against Brown:

• Pete Alonso 0-3, K
• Brett Baty 1-3, K
• Francisco Lindor 1-3, HR, K
• Starling Marte 1-3
• Brandon Nimmo 0-3, 2 K
• Jose Siri 0-4, BB, 3 K
• Juan Soto 2-5, 2B, K
• Jesse Winker 1-2

Three Things To Watch For:

1. Tylor Megill’s pitch selection. For Megill to finally have a breakout year, he’s going to need to make the best of his pitch selection. Last season he was in the 67th percentile for chase%, 74th for Whiff% and 79th for K%. This is because, according to Baseball Savant and Statcast, he tossed eight different pitches last season. He added in a cutter that he used 14.2% of the time. Let’s see how much of his arsenal is used today!
2. Hitting Runners In Scoring Position. The Mets went 0-for-6 yesterday with runners in scoring position and left 10 batters on base. The Astros were not much better, going 1-for-8 with RISP and left nine batters on base. For the Astros, they could have put the game out of reach early with a big hit as they got Holmes into trouble multiple times. The Mets ended up losing by only two, a big hit in the 8th or 9th and we would be talking about taking the series today.
3. Mark Vientos. Juan Soto worked two walks yesterday. He’s led the league in walks in three of the last four seasons. Pete Alonso walked twice yesterday. Mark Vientos is going to get some major RBI opportunities this season. In 2024, Vientos was fourth on the team with 71 RBI’s, despite playing only 111 games.

Let’s Go Mets!

The New York Mets take the field for the first regular season game of 2025 this afternoon against the Houston Astros. Max Scherzer was told at the 2023 trade deadline that 2024 would be a transition year. Instead, 2024 was one of the wildest rollercoasters ever for the Amazin’s. After starting off 0-5, the Mets went on a mini-run to start the season 12-8. Then the Mets completely fell apart for a month. On June 2nd they were 24-35.

That’s when the magic started. Grimace threw a first pitch. The Mets went on a run. Candelita dropped a chart-topping track. The Mets soared back to life, clinching a spot in the post-season in game one of a back-and-forth double-header in Atlanta. Last season was filled with magical moments.

Francisco Lindor was the engine that pushed the Mets out of the dark depths of the NL East to the NLCS in 2024. He put together arguably the best season for a position player in Mets history. In 2025 he has one of the best hitters in baseball, Juan Soto, hitting right behind him. Let’s get the 2025 story started!

Who had Clay Holmes as the Opening Day starter? The Met signed Clay Holmes believing in his ability to start games. Last season he tossed more than 40 pitches once and more than 30 only four times. You wouldn’t know that looking at his spring training outings. He allowed only two runs from seven hits over 19 1/3 innings spread over five games.

Last season Holmes pitched in 67 games totaling 63 innings with a 3.14 ERA, 3.02 FIP, 1.302 WHIP and a 131 ERA+. He opened his season against the Astros, pitching against them three times between March 28th and March 31st, scattering five hits over 3 innings without allowing a run. The Astros have the following career numbers against him:

• Jose Altuve 1-4
• Yordan Alvarez 2-5, 2B, BB
• Victor Caratini 1-3, 2 BB
• Yainer Diaz 1-3
• Mauricio Dubón 2-6
• Chas McCormick 1-2
• Isaac Paredes 1-6, 5 K
• Jeremy Peña 1-3, 2 K
• Christian Walker 1-2, HR, BB, K

Framber Valdez put together another great season in 2024, making 28 starts totaling 176 1/3 innings with a 2.91 ERA, 3.25 FIP, 1.106 WHIP and a 136 ERA+. It was his third season in his last four with an ERA+ north of 135. He faced the Mets last season right as the Mets were starting to get hot. The Mets got him for six runs, three earned, over 4 2/3 innings from eight hits and three walks. The Mets have the following career numbers against Valdez:

• Pete Alonso 3-8, BB, 2 K
• Francisco Lindor 1-8, 2 BB, K
• Starling Marte 4-15, 2 2B, 4 K
• Brandon Nimmo 2-10, 2B, 3 K
• Jose Siri 1-5, 2B, 3 K
• Juan Soto 2-5, 2 BB, 2 K
• Tyrone Taylor 0-2, BB
• Luis Torrens 2-12, 3 K
• Mark Vientos 1-3, HR, K
• Jesse Winker 2-4

Three Things To Watch For:

1. Juan Soto. The signed a superstar this off-season, coming off his best season by bWAR in his career (7.9, next closest was 7.3 in 2021). There’s a lot to talk about with Juan Soto, and today let’s look how patient he is at the plate. He lead the league in walks in 2021-2023 (145, 135 and 132). Last season (129) he was second to his teammate Aaron Judge (133). Take the crown again in 2025 Soto!
2. Pete Alonso. What a shame it would have been for Pete Alonso to sign with anyone else this off-season. Pete Alonso hit the biggest home run of his career during the Wild Card Series to send the Mets to the Division Series. He enters this season with 226 regular season home runs, 26 behind Darryl Strawberry’s 252. Pete’s pursuit of this milestone will be a major story of 2025.
3. Park Factor. If you look at the last three years, Daikin Park (formerly Minute Maid) has a Park Factor of exactly 100, which means its league average. This is a bit surprising with a park factor of 107 for home runs (which means for players who played at Daikin over the last three seasons and elsewhere, 7% more home runs were observed at Daikin). This number jumps up to 116 if only data from 2024 is considered. I’m curious how the Crawford Boxes in left field impact a pull hitter like Isaac Parades, who the Astros traded for in the off-season.

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets invite their cross-town rivals for one final tune up before Opening Day. Today is all about the bullpen with Stanek, Minter, Kranick, Young, Brazobán and Núñez all scheduled to get work in today. The Mets already announced after yesterday’s game that Núñez was being sent down to Syracuse to start the season which means the last spot in the bullpen will come down to Kranick and Brazobán.

The Mets also need to figure out today what they are doing with Alexander Canario. Canario is coming off of a tremendous game collecting three hits including two home runs, one of them being a grand slam. He no longer has options left, and will probably be difficult to sneak through waivers. As of writing the Mets have not officially announced a decision on Brett Baty (who walked three times yesterday) and Luisangel Acuña.

Three Things To Watch For:

1. Max Kranick. Kranick has been phenomenal for the Mets this spring allowing two runs over 11 1/3 innings from nine hits and a walk while striking out 14 (1.59 ERA). He uses a mid-90’s fastball and has mixed in a slider, curveball and sweeper this spring. Barring something surprising, he seems to have the inside track for the last bullpen spot.
2. Huascar Brazobán. Like Kranick, Brazobán still has a minor league option left. He is also having a great spring, allowing three runs, two earned from seven hits and six walks over 9 2/3 innings while striking out 13 (1.86 ERA). As a Marlin in 2024, Brazobán tossed 30 2/3 innings with a 2.39 ERA (155 ERA+). After being traded to the Mets he had a 5.14 ERA (78 ERA+) over 21 innings.
3. Dedniel Núñez. Núñez starting the season with Syracuse is part of the reason why there is an open spot in the bullpen. The Mets want him to continue to build up his arm strength since he got a late start this spring. He’s only pitched in two games this spring allowing two runs from two hits while striking out three. It feels like the Mets are setting him up to be called back quickly in mid-April.

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets, Marlins and Nationals all have the same problem at the end of spring training. As divisional rivals, there is a high chance that the calendar plays out in a way that the teams will see each other a lot early in the season. For the Mets and Marlins, 2025 is one of those seasons. Today is the sixth and final time this spring that the Mets and Marlins face off. They will then play each other six times in the first 12 games of the season. Working to the Mets advantage today – the Marlins essentially have wrapped up spring training. They don’t have a game tomorrow and Tuesday they have a game in Miami, so a lot of the regular stars are not with the team today.

Three Things To Watch For:

1. Griffin Canning. Canning has had a phenomenal spring and seems to be penciled in as the starter for the third game of the season against the Astros. Over 10 innings this spring he has allowed one run, a solo home run, scattering six hits and two walks while striking out an astounding 16 batters. The Mets have also announced that Kodai Senga is going to be on limited pitches early this season and it feels like the Mets are flirting with a six-man rotation. Even when Manaea comes back, there is room for Canning in this rotation.
2. Brett Baty. Congrats if you called Brett Baty being second on the Mets in OPS (1.123) during spring training in 2025. It’s not official yet (as of writing at least) but it seems that Brett Baty is making the major league squad out of spring training. Since the Jeff McNeil injury, Baty has seen an increase of second base reps. Successful teams need players they weren’t necessarily counting on to have breakout seasons. In 2024 that was Mark Vientos. Here’s hoping 2025 is Baty’s year!
3. Marlins Prospects. If you play in an intense keeper fantasy baseball league, today’s game is for you. The Marlins have a spring training game in Miami on Tuesday as a last warmup before the season, so they are digging into their farm system for today’s road trip to play the Mets. This includes the spring training debut for Starlyn Caba, their 19-year old prospect that came from Phillies in the Luzardo grade. Caba is currently the #2 prospect in the Marlins system according to MLB Pipeline and had 51 walks in 52 games in the Florida Complex League. Across two levels last year he had 50 stolen bases over 79 games.

Let’s Go Mets!

There are only three spring training games left! There are only three spring training games left!

The Mets are on a roll winning their last three games in a row and four of their last five as spring training winds down. Today the Mets will take on MacKenzie Gore who will make his first career Opening Day start next week. Gore has been mostly dominant this spring, tossing 13 1/3 innings over three games allowing only two runs off 11 hits and five walks because he also has 14 strikeouts. This is a great opportunity for the Mets lineup to get some serious last reps in before the start of the season.

Three Things To Watch For:

1. Tylor Megill. The Mets are setting Megill up to start the season in the rotation, pitching in the series against the Houston Astros. Over three starts this spring Megill has a 3.86 ERA over 11 2/3 innings with 13 K’s. Almost all of the damage came in his last start against the Astros where he allowed four runs over five innings. Before that he allowed on run over 6 2/3 innings.
2. The Juan Soto Trade. We are going to hear a lot about the 2022 trade that sent Juan Soto (and Josh Bell) to the Padres throughout this season. CJ Abrams, James Wood and MacKenzie Gore (with Luke Voit) all went to the Nationals the 2022 blockbuster trade deadline move. CJ Abrams isn’t playing today but James Wood and Gore are. Gore has established himself as the head of the pitching staff. James Wood is having a tremendous spring going 12-for-41 at the plate with four doubles and four home runs. I’m sure broadcast booths for the rest of the season will bring up this trade whenever the Mets play the Nationals, especially when Gore starts against the Mets.
3. Francisco Lindor. From March 12th to March 17th Lindor played in five games collecting four hits including two doubles. In the two games he’s played since then he has gone 0-for-8 with a walk and an RBI. The Mets need Lindor to get off to a hot start this season. MVP-esque Lindor hitting in front of Juan Soto will make this lineup roar.

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets have been rolling out their A-lineup the last two days on the road and the Mets have routed their opponents. The Mets are coming off of a 10-4 win where the Mets collected 13 hits. Luis Torrens and Jose Siri picked up three hits and three RBI’s each. Kodai and Max Kranick looked great – vibes are all around great!

Today the Mets will play the Cardinals for the sixth and final time with Clay Holmes getting his last warm-up start before Opening Day in Houston. There are only four more games until the games count for real!

Three Things To Watch For:

1. Clay Holmes. Holmes has been sensational for the Mets this spring with a 1.29 ERA over 14 innings while striking out 15 batters. Each of his starts have been at least three innings and in his last start he went 4 1/3 allowing two runs on three hits. The start before he allowed one hit over 3 2/3 while striking out eight. Like every other Clay Holmes start this spring, we are watching for how deep he goes into the game to get a sense of how many pitches he’ll be allowed to throw on March 27th.
2. Mark Vientos at first. Mark Vientos gets the start at first base today with Pete Alonso DH’ing. Vientos and Winker are the Mets plan for when Pete Alonso needs a day off from playing in the field. In 2024 he played four games, including two starts at first, for a total of 25 innings with 1.000 fielding percentage.
3. Starling Marte in right. Today is just a day to watch the Mets in the field. Marte will be making his first start in the field. Marte will be a mixture of a DH and 4th/5th outfielder mixing in with Soto, Siri, Nimmo, Taylor and Winker. In 2024 Marte only played nine games as a DH (eight starts) compared to 85 games in right (.986 fielding percentage).

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets are coming off an 8-2 win against the Astros behind a strong start from David Peterson and 12 hits from the bats including five doubles from four different hitters! The Mets offense heads back to West Palm Beach today to take on the other home team, the Washington Nationals.

The Nationals are trying to round their starting rotation. Shinnosuke Ogasawara is locked in a roster battle to break camp with the team and in that starting five. Over four starts and 8 1/3 innings this spring, he has a 7.56 ERA and a 2.52 WHIP. He has every reason to fully bring it on against the Mets this afternoon.

Three Things To Watch For:

1. Kodai Senga. Every Kodai start is a must watch, right? Senga dominated in his first start of the season allowing only two hits and nothing else over two innings while striking out two batters. His next major league spring training start was on March 14th where he allowed two runs from seven hits over 3 1/3 innings. Today we are looking for Senga to look more like his first start, keep the hits down and mow through this Nationals lineup.
2. Stolen Bases. The Mets have only swiped 15 bags this spring, which is good for 24th in MLB. For context, the Brewers already have 50 stolen bases, six teams have 30 or more, and 15 teams have 20 or more. Today’s starting lineup has 11 of the Mets 15 stolen bases. Azocar and Acuña have three each, Lindor and Siri have a pair each and Baty rounds out the group with one.
3. José Azocar. Let’s stick with Azocar for a bit. Azocar is having a tremendous spring with the Mets hitting 11-for-35 with a homer, three stolen bases and eight RBI’s. His eight RBI’s are tied for second on the team behind Pete Alonso. He has one more week to make a push up the depth chart. It’s still unlikely he breaks camp with the team, but a week is a long time in spring training.

Let’s Go Mets!