Tonight the Salt River Rafters were blanked by the Peoria Javelinas 2-0. Four Mets started for the River Rafters.
Mickey Jannis got the start and went 5 innings, giving up 3 hits, 1 earned runs, 4 walks, and 2 strikeouts. He took the hard-luck loss, but is having an excellent season so far with a 2.77 earned run average.
Second base prospect L.J. Mazzilli debuted for the Mets going 1-4. Dominic Smith didn’t fare as well, going 0-4, with a strikeout. He is now hitting .452 on the year. Jeff McNeil played 3rd base and hit 6th, but didn’t get a hit in 3 trips. He is now hitting .250 for the year.
The Puerto Rican Winter League starts tomorrow.
Where has Cecchini been?
He is training with Team USA for the Premier 12 tournament. They start with an exhibition game tomorrow.