Well, the Mets’ bats remained impotent yesterday. Seems they can’t hit in cold or warm weather. A 2-1, 11 inning loss, and a 3-3 record. Only Soto is raking. Don’t look to Ron Mauricio in AAA for help…he is 3-19, with a walk.
Moving on…
Tonight, St Lucie opens, while tomorrow, Binghamton and Brooklyn are scheduled for their openers.
For St Lucie tonight, lefty Nicolas Carreno gets the starting nod.
He is just 19, and something tells me that if he is their OD starter, we should completely ignore his 2-8, 5.60 numbers in years 2023 thru 2025. He has fanned 94 in 72 innings. He has walked a lot of batters as a 16-18 year old, so we will see if that is rounding into form at age 19 in 2026.
Lots of SLM pitchers I am unfamiliar with. Two “names” are draftees Cam Tilly and Conner Ware as the most notable to me. Neither has thrown an official pro inning yet, so A ball, rather than starting in the lower FCL, is a good sign.
Most notable among the team’s hitters are uber dude Elian Peña and my guy Randy Guzman in the infield.
Simon Juan gets another chance to prove he can be a prospect contender in 2026. We fervently hope that more than one Juan in this organization can hit.
Julio Zayas is one of the catchers who has shown hitting ability prior to 2026.
Check out the SLM roster news from MILB.com for more details:
This is going to be an interesting roster.
PLAY BALL!
METS’ TEAM RISP
The Mets sure hit very well in that season opener, huh?
In the last five games, three of which went extra innings, the Mets have scored 12 runs total. A sickly 2.4 RPG.
It’s only been six games so far, but including that first game, where they scored 11 runs, the Mets are hitting a ghastly .162 with runners in scoring position. Only Cincinnati is worse. 28 teams are better.
And, in 84 plate appearances with runners in scoring position so far, the Mets have just one home run, and just 19 RBIs.
The top 15 teams, comprising the top half of all teams, are hitting nearly .300 with runners in scoring position, So this is not a league-wide problem, nor is it a situation of MLB pitchers being ahead of hitters.
Memo to self:
Keep reminding self that it’s only six games so far.
“It’s only six games, it’s only six games, it’s only six games.”
Ahh, I feel better now, don’t you?
5 comments:
Well…I’m excited. I wish I was there tonight.
Not trying to jump the gun here, but Mendoza can’t be working with a long leash. The Mets play 49 games by Memorial Day. Is there a record that gets Mendoza fired by then? Does 24-25 get him fired? 20-29?
20-29, without a doubt. Right now, the Mets may be sad that Tauchman got injured, It initially appears Benge may struggle for a while in his transition. Hopefully, not for a long while.
The struggles with RISP concern me deeply. Yes, it is early, but failure breeds uncertainty and when the whole lineup is failing with RISP, no one is relaxed at the plate. This has been the curse of the Mets, and now with a whole new cast of characters, it looks like it wasn't the old characters that caused it.
Meanwhile, Yankees are…just fine, thank for asking. They are too busy expecting to dominate to start pressing. They think this way:
A bad year? Wild Card. A good year? Division title.
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