It’s the penultimate spring training game!
The Mets will spend the last two days of spring on the same field with an early game against the Astros today and then an early game with the Nationals tomorrow. After that the Mets get a day off and play the Nationals in the season opener in DC.
Do you ever watch a spring training game and wish “I hope they save some of those hits for the regular season”? Yesterday was one of those days as the Mets had 15 hits as a team and scored 8 times against the Marlins. Robinson Canó had a huge day at the plate, going 4-4 with a double raising his spring OPS to .872. Nido collected three hits and raised his spring OPS to 1.114, making a strong case to see more playing time behind the plate. Starling Marte and Pete Alonso also had nice days collecting two hits each. Pete struggled early this spring but now has an OPS of .864 after a few good games this past week – hopefully he keeps this momentum going in DC later this week.
Pitching has been top of mind for the Mets the last several days with the Jacob deGrom news and Max Scherzer possibly missing his first start of the season. This puts even more attention on this afternoon’s starter, Carlos Carrasco. Carrasco was always going to be an x-factor on this team. Any significant steps he could make this year to his career numbers would push the Mets rotation over the edge. Before his last spring training start, we discussed that his weakness last season was the home run ball. All three runs that he was charged with over his four innings of work last week came off of two homers. We’re looking forward to seeing him get ready for the season today!
Let’s Go Cookie! Let’s Go Mets!
