Just Mets

The Mets defeated the Washington Nationals by a score of 10-2 at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie on Saturday. Here are my takeaways from today’s game…

Jacob deGrom is still awesome.

The first Mets starting pitcher to get into the 7th inning this spring was dominant–or deGrominant if that suits you–today as Jacob deGrom continued his strong month of March.

Seven innings pitched, one earned run, four hits allowed, two walks and four strikeouts for deGrom today as he lowered his spring ERA to 2.45. There’s not much you can even say at this point about this guy. Jacob deGrom is awesome, and he’s ready for the season.

Mashing Mets.

The Mets have 108 extra-base hits in 26 games, which ranks 1st among all major league teams this spring. Today, the Mets kept on mashing, with 10 runs, four doubles, two triples and home runs by Curtis Granderson, David Wright, Johnny Monell and Lucas Duda.

Not only did the team keep on hitting today, but they did it against major league pitchers. Granderson and Wright went back-to-back off of Stephen Strasburg in the 3rd, and both Monell and Duda took Tanner Roark, who won 15 games with the Nats in 2014, deep in the bottom of the 7th.

It may be Spring Training, but the numbers don’t lie… This team is killing it offensively right now. Here’s hoping that this is a trend rather than a blip.

Is it the regular season yet?

The team is ready, the fans are ready, I’m ready. Spring Training always seems to drag on late in March and this year feels longer than ever. Maybe that’s because for the first time in a long time, the expectations surrounding the Mets are different. This is a team having a very strong spring and finally seems to have the talent to put together a competitive team that maybe, just maybe can make a playoff push this season.

The offense is hitting the ball all over the place, the starting pitching has been nasty and I’m sick of waiting. It’s time for this team to make their mark. Bring on the games that matter. Let’s go already!

Other notes from Saturday:

Travis d’Arnaud and Lucas Duda, two of the slower players on the Mets, each hit a triple in the win.

Wilmer Flores went 1-for-3 with a long RBI double, maintaining his .333 average.

Ruben Tejada, likely to start the season at second base, went 1-for-3 with a double.

Pitching with a nine-run lead, Sean Gilmartin walked the only batter he faced, the lefty Bryce Harper, on five pitches.

Jeurys Familia struggled again, allowing three hits and an earned run with no strikeouts in the 9th.