Mets Spring Training Highlights - 1 Year ago today - March 9th

 

We all miss Spring Training.  We all miss the Mets.  To help with the withdrawal here are some of the highlights from Mets Spring Training one year ago today - March 9, 2021.

Mets 5 Cardinals 3 (Box Score). Kevin Pillar CF 1 for 4 with an RBI and a K; Jeff McNeil 2B 0 for 3 with 1 K; Pete Alonso 1B 0 for 1, 3 walks, 1 K; Dominic Smith DH 0 for 3, 1 K; James McCann C 1 for 3 with a K; Jonathan Villar SS 0 for 3 with a K; Brandon Drury 3B 1 for 2; Albert Almora jr. RF 1 for 2; Johneshwy Fargas LF 1 for 2 with a double; Ronny Mauricio 1 for 1 with 2 RBIs; Taijuan Walker 2 innings, 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, 2 Ks; Edwin Diaz, 1 inning, no runs, no hits, 2 Ks; Miguel Castro, 1 inning, no hits, no runs, 2 Ks; Sam McWilliams, 1 inning, no runs, no hits, 3 walks, 1 K.. 

NY Post: Mets ‘excited’ to see Pete Alonso walk three times. “After a seesaw 2020 season, Alonso and hitting coach Chili Davis identified strike-zone discipline as an area for improvement this spring. Last year, according to Rojas, pitchers could follow a blueprint with Alonso and often induced him to swing at bad pitches. In six games this spring, Alonso owns a 1.163 OPS.”

NY Post: Sam McWilliams narrowly avoided disaster in a 31-pitch ninth inning in which he walked the bases loaded. McWilliams escaped without a run scoring for his second save this spring. 

Taijuan Walker has his first K as a Met. pic.twitter.com/lzKxNHxhJj

— SNY (@SNYtv) March 9, 2021

"I feel like we're really deep." Taijuan Walker on the Mets' rotation: pic.twitter.com/u8nOAnYAih

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) March 9, 2021

Edwin Diaz with absolute 🔥🔥🔥 in that third inning pic.twitter.com/KdufIzhN5m

— SNY (@SNYtv) March 9, 2021

Here's 21-year-old Mets prospect Mark Vientos on the advice he's received from big leaguers Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso and J.D. Davis: pic.twitter.com/gkJBNlmp1I

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) March 9, 2021

It's actually kind of wild how well nearly all the Mets' top prospects are doing in Grapefruit League play. Following this two-run single, Ronny Mauricio is hitting .455: pic.twitter.com/siCkZHaXXn

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) March 9, 2021

Luis Rojas on Ronny Mauricio:

"Looks really good, very mature" pic.twitter.com/c7QNkNmAWV

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) March 9, 2021

Thinking we'll make Francisco Lindor a full-time camera man if this whole baseball thing doesn't work out 😂🎥 pic.twitter.com/rbzYbUThdU

— SNY (@SNYtv) March 9, 2021

📸 Scenes from the Mets' "B" game on the main field today. David Peterson throwing to Francisco Lindor and Michael Conforto, among others. pic.twitter.com/C45A1GnjCE

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) March 9, 2021