The Mets will likely carry five outfielders on their Opening Day roster and four of them are set in Bay, Beltran, Pagan and Hairston. The Mets signed Willie Harris to a minor league deal and at the time it seemed as much to keep him off other teams, as Harris has a history of making big plays against the Mets, than it was to fill the team’s final outfield spot.
So, what does Harris do? He hits a game-tying home run in an intrasquad scrimmage on Friday and follows that up with a game-tying two-run homer in the 10th inning of the team’s first Spring Training game, salvaging a tie against the Braves.
How nice it would be to see Harris do the things he usually reserves for the Mets against other teams in the division! He has played for both the Braves and Nationals the past four years. While his career line against the Mets is .159/.319/.212 – the lowest slugging percentage against any team against which he has played at least five games – fans immediately think of how he has beat ...
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