Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Bats Get Going in Intrasquad #2

The Mets have begun their second intrasquad game of the season today before they head to Fort Lauderdale to take on the Orioles tomorrow.

This time the lineups are essentially major league starters (minus Schneider) vs bench players/minor leaguers.

The major league lineup looks like this:

Luis Castillo, 2B
Jose Reyes, SS
Carlos Beltran, CF
Carlos Delgado, 1B
David Wright, 3B
Ryan Church, RF
Daniel Murphy, LF
Omir Santos, C
Fernando Martinez, DH for both teams

Interesting lineup, one we've never seen before. Manuel is holding to his thinking of having Castillo leadoff to get him jump started.

Anyway, the Mets have shaken the rust off their bats. Beltran and Wright have both hit home runs, and Reyes and Pagan have each hit an opposite-field double.

John Maine, JJ Putz, and Freddy Garcia have all pitched. Oliver Perez and Rule 5 pick Rocky Cherry are also scheduled to pitch.

Check out MetsBlog for some great videos and pictures from the game. There is a video of Garcia warming up in the bullpen, and he looks terrible to me. Hopefully it was at the very beginning with him just getting loose.

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