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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 5012395, member: 27"] The Mets are currently 10-9 in spring training games. 5th in the grapefruit standings. Not sure if there is any meaning to win/loss record in these games but I think overall it has been a good spring, other than the Senga injury. The pitching, especially the starting pitching, has been very good. Severino has looked excellent. Quintana got off to a shaky start but got steadily better as the spring progressed. Houser has been decent and looks like the weak link in the rotation right now. Manaea has also been up and down so far. Hope his hair cut brings good mojo. Luchessi had a chance to win a spot in the rotation but got off to a late start and pitched poorly. He has already been sent out. Kranick was said to have a chance to win a spot in the rotation but got hurt right away and is going to be out a while. Megill replaced Senga and has been terrific. Butto has also been very impressive and appears to be the next man up. Vasil and Hamel have looked promising so far. Overall things are looking good with starting pitching especially given Senga has been out. Relief pitching is also looking better than expected. Great to have Diaz back and he has looked like his old self in the one in I g he has thrown to date. I think Raley and Ottovino are pretty reliable. Smith has been working in the Mets new pitching lab and appears to have improved, as many of the Mets pitchers. That might be a big long term impact on this team. Megill has a new breaking pitch that is getting a lot of buzz and might take him to the next level. Sounds like Lopez and Diekman are considered locks to make the roster. Neither has looked great in spring training. Worried about both. The other two spots are expected to go to Tonkin, a long reliever type in the mold of Trevor Williams, and Sean Reid-Foley, who has looked great in spring training. Might have benefited from working in the lab. Fujinami has not looked good and will start the season in Syracuse. Bickford has looked bad and I think is going to get released. Rohan Ramirez has looked good but I think also ends up getting released. Wish they could find a way to keep him. [/QUOTE]

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