xPGT 3/26: Mets WiN!!!!!!!!!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Mets beat Nats 8-3.

Bad inning for Familia put them down 3-1 but back to back HRs by Reynolds (3-3, 2 RBI) and yes, Lagares, tied it up then we added 4 in the 8th. denDekker also hit a 2r HR.

We're really having a good spring.

Matt Bowman in a surprise start (Niese was scheduled but weather forecast held him back) 5 scoreless innings.

[MFS62]

Legares is trying to show Terry that he never wants to bat lower in the order than Bartolo Colon.

Later

[Edgy MD]

They're playing for the lead in the Grapefruit Cup standings tomorrow.

[Frayed Knot]

And Matt Reynolds trying to show Terry (read: Sandy) that he's the better choice to make the squad over Tejada -- not that Ruben's having a bad ST, but MR is up to .378/.400/.595 (yeah, I know, ST + SSS)

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I think this point has been made elsewhere on the Forum, but the fact that he's more or less a duplicative version of whom he'd be spelling (contact-heavy, walk-light, middling power, iffy glove and range) probably weighs against scrappy Matty's OD roster spot being a Reynolds wrap.

[Frayed Knot]

I think so too, but it's not like Ruben is the ideal backup either. Ideally Wilmer's backup would be a speedy, glove-first, slappy-hitting lefty, but I didn't see any of those on the shelves last time I was at the store.
So I suspect Ruben breaks camp as the #2 SS. Doesn't mean he'll be there all year though.