The Mets defeated the Miami Marlins by a score of 12-3 at Roger Dean Stadium on Monday afternoon. Here are my takeaways from today’s game…
The Mets are hitting. A lot.
The Mets exploded for 12 runs today, including an eight-run ouburst in the 2nd inning, coming on a Danny Muno RBI triple, Anthony Recker RBI double, Ruben Tejada two-run double, Juan Lagares fielder’s choice, Curtis Granderson RBI single, David Wright double play, Michael Cuddyer solo home run, Anthony Recker RBI double, a wild pitch and a Danny Muno solo home run.
Much has been made of the hire of hitting coach Kevin Long this offseason, and as the Mets strong offensive Spring continues and we keep seeing hitter’s succeeding with adjustments in their swings and approaches at the plate, that will remain to be a topic of conversation.
One guy who’s really impressed me to this point is Michael Cuddyer, who hit his team-leading fifth home run of Spring Training to cap off the eight-run 2nd. If he stays healthy, he’s going to hit. Period. Cuddyer is batting .353 with five home runs and six RBI in Grapefruit League play.
The Mets (.298) lead the Grapefruit League in team batting average this Spring.
Jacob deGrom looks ready for the season.
In addition to the strong showing of offense today, Jacob deGrom kept the good times rolling on the pitching end of things. Following up Matt Harvey‘s impressive and much-ballyhooed start on Sunday, deGrom had a solid outing of his own today.
In four innings today, deGrom allowed two earned runs on four hits, a home run and a walk, while striking out five. While he may not have been “deGrominant” today, Jake looked good. The two runs he allowed came on a first inning home run by Michael Morse. After that, it was 3.1 innings of scoreless baseball.
And, by the way, Miami slugger Giancarlo Stanton went 0-for-2 against deGrom with two strikeouts.
Other notes from Monday:
Jack Leathersich pitched another scoreless outing today, getting out of a jam in the 7th inning by retiring the only batter he faced.
Buddy Carlyle, vying to make the roster out of the bullpen, allowed a run on a homer by Michael Morse in his one inning of work.
John Mayberry Jr. walked in his only plate appearance of the day. Mayberry Jr. (.452/.514) leads the Grapefruit League in hitting and on-base percentage.
Just Mets 