John Maine made his second start of spring training, and had his contract renewed by the Mets, getting a bit of a raise.
Maine went 3 innings, allowing 4 hits and one run. The only run came on a solo home run by Jose Castillo in the second inning. Maine walked none while striking out three.
Nice that he's getting a raise, and coming out with a nice performance. Just get ready for the season and be able to pitch effectively.
Pedro Feliciano and Matt Wise loaded the bases in back to back innings, but both pitchers worked their way out of the inning without allowing a run to score. Feliciano allowed 2 hits and 1 walk, while striking out 2. Wise allowed one hit and one walk, also striking out two.
I'm thinking these two are locks for the bullpen.
Jorge Sosa pitched 2 innings, allowing 3 hits and 2 walks, and an unearned run. The unearned run came after an Angel Pagan error in center field. Brian Stokes earned the win, pitching one inning of hitless baseball. Andy Cavazos finished out the game allowing one hit in the 9th inning.
I'd like to see Sosa stick around. He can start and be the long man out of the 'pen. Just never ever put him in with the bases loaded.
Jose Reyes went 1-3 on the day, but left 4 runners stranded on base.
His mid-game replacement, and yesterdays hero, Ruben Tejada continued his theatrics, going 2-2, scoring twice, and driving in one run.
Not a bad two games for Tejada, if I say so myself.
Anderson Hernandez actually made contact with a baseball, going 2-5 with a run and an RBI. He also struck out and left 5 players on base.
The latter is what we've come to know from AHern in the majors.
David Wright went 1-3 with a walk in his DH-ing duties.
Pagan is really making a case for himself on the team, going 3-5, while driving in 2 runs. His batting average is up to .423 during spring training.
He's really impressing me so far. I think he's definitely the 5th outfielder at this point.
Another win for the Mets, their 4th in a row. They are now 4-3 in Grapefruit League play.
