Spring Training Report! Niese and Parnell!

I wish I was down there, better then being stuck here in 25 degree weather with snow. Oh well.

Jon Niese started for the Mets and gave up a walk in his 2 innings of work, striking out 3. He threw 88-92 on his fastball, and flashed a very good 11-5 curveball in the low 70s. He also threw one changeup that I saw, low 80s, to strike out Andruw.

Bobby Parnell also threw 2 innings later in the game, he walked one and struck out two. He predominantly threw fastballs between 88 and 92, but did hit one 93 and one 94. He flashed a low 80s slider, and the one pitch he threw at 62 was obviously an SNY error, the pitch looked much harder.

And in the 9th, Brooklyn OFer Ezequiel Carrera saved the game for Matt Wise by robbing a HR in LF. Carrera should be in the mix for a Savannah OF spot.

In the bottom of the 9th, St. Lucie 3rd baseman Dan Murphy ripped a double over the first base bag which helped to set up the winning run. Murphy should be starting 3b for the B-Mets in 2008.