1 hot NY Mets spring training performance to buy, 1 to sell, 1 to let marinate

The topsy-turvy world of the stock market can bring daily joy or frustration for any of us who hopes to one day be able to retire. The thing about the stock market is that until you’re getting ready to withdraw your investments, it doesn’t mean much. It’s a lot different with spring training statistics. While there are paper losses for struggling players and some wins for those who perform well, we can only look at what members of the New York Mets roster have done this spring with a grain of salt.

Struggling veterans raise no concerns. It’s the high performers we need to figure out the legitimacy of more than anything. This spring has featured several unexpected positive performances. Of all of them, who is worth buying, whose hot spring should you sell, and which player should you wait and see more from before making a decision?

Buy into Clay Holmes being a top of the rotation level arm

There might not be too many players around the league who’ve been more astonishingly impressive than Clay Holmes. The Mets signing him to be a starting pitcher despite years of success out of the bullpen caught everyone off guard. You may have lost a lunch or two at the mere thought of the Mets going into the season with him as one of their primary pitchers alongside a gamble like Frankie Montas and a few more question marks.

This spring, with Holmes owning a 1.29 ERA in 14 innings of work and more than a strikeout per inning has vanquished a lot of those early doubts. Yeah, the sample size equates to about what he’d do in 2+ starts in the regular season as far as the innings go. How durable he’ll be at getting through a full season is something to continue to question. This is a guy who has pitched 63-70 innings in each of the last four seasons. He’s going to need to push himself a lot harder to stay in the rotation.

Buy into it while you can. He seems to have done everything right when it comes to preparation. If you’re still doubting he can actually pull off becoming a better than average starting pitcher, check your calendar. You might still be stuck in January.