Despite many fans not caring much about Spring Training, the New York Mets had their split-squad Spring Training openers. Being the Mets fanatic that I am, naturally, I watched the two games split-screen on my laptop with a big cup of coffee.
The two games were opened by new acquisition Rick Porcello for the home game against the Miami Marlins and Marcus Stroman for the away game opposing the St. Louis Cardinals.
While there is still a month between now and Opening Day, and much can change until then, here are some takeaways by a few of our players from today’s two losses.