The Mets defeated the Miami Marlins, 10-2, on Sunday in their penultimate Grapefruit League game of 2025.
Here are the key takeaways…
–Griffin Canning will start regular season game No. 3 for the Mets if all goes to plan, and the right-hander had another solid outing on Sunday, going 4.1 innings while allowing two earned runs. Canning allowed five hits while striking out six and walking three. His spring comes to a close with a 1.88 ERA.
-Hitting second in the order and serving as the designated hitter, Starling Marte destroyed a solo home run in the top of the first, jumping on a 3-2 fastball from Connor Gillispie. The home run was the fist of the spring for Marte, who will likely be a right-handed DH option for the Mets this season.
–Brett Baty has all but locked up the starting second base job with Jeff McNeil starting the season on the IL, and the former third baseman continues to look comfortable at second. In the second inning, Baty beautifully charged a Starlyn Caba high-chopper, fielding the ball and flipping it with his glove to first base for the out.
Baty also had a great at-bat in the fourth. With the bases loaded and nobody out in a tie game, Baty battled and saw 10 pitches before finally working a walk to force in the go-ahead run.
–Alexander Canario, acquired in a trade with the Chicago Cubs earlier in camp, continues to look like he could be a major league player for the Mets this season. Following Baty’s walk, Canario put his power on full display, crushing a grand slam to left to put the Mets up 6-1. In the bottom of the sixth, Canario was at it again, slamming a solo homer for his second round-tripper of the afternoon.
Canario has three homers this spring and could factor into the bench picture.
–Brandon Nimmo is getting hot at exactly the right time. After a slow start to camp as he ramped up, he followed up a two-hit day on Saturday with three hits — a single, double, and triple — on Sunday against the Marlins.
-In all, the Mets hit four home runs on Sunday: Marte, Canario (two), and Tyrone Taylor. The Mets had 15 hits in total, with nine different players registering at least one base knock.
Who was the game MVP?
Nimmo, who was peppering the wall in right field with rockets as he racked up three hits.
Highlights
Griffin Canning with two first inning strikeouts! pic.twitter.com/2CG7KzVtLd
— SNY (@SNYtv) March 23, 2025
STARLING MARTE HOMER 💣 pic.twitter.com/t6rqez7Avw
— SNY (@SNYtv) March 23, 2025
ALEXANDER CANARIO GRAND SLAM!!!! 💣 pic.twitter.com/e5e2bZQ0Y1
— SNY (@SNYtv) March 23, 2025
Brandon Nimmo now has a single, double, and triple in today’s matchup with Miami 👏 pic.twitter.com/6PydSxFiSn
— SNY (@SNYtv) March 23, 2025
ANOTHER HOME RUN FOR ALEXANDER CANARIO pic.twitter.com/hjZKOzu86C
— SNY (@SNYtv) March 23, 2025
What’s next
The Mets finish their spring training slate by hosting the Yankees on Monday afternoon at 1:10 p.m. on SNY.
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