Some thoughts from the Mets Braves Grapefruit Opener

I was able to watch the game this afternoon. Some couple quick hits:

• Ike Davis took a fastball on the outer-half and pulled a line drive into right field.
• He did misplay a throw at 1st base, turning his glove the wrong way on a low throw.
• Got a base hit vs a lefty and stayed back and went the other way. Nice at bat.
• Gary Matthews was a quiet 0-3, but did hit the ball hard his last at bat; it was a DP
• B Parnell was throwing hard, but didn't notice if his secondary pitches have improved at all, which is what he needs to be a dominant reliever.
• E Dessens (pitcher), left the game after taking a line drive off his leg.
• M Jacobs had a pitch to drive but got under it, then had a couple bad swings when he fell behind in the count and weakly grounded out.
• Russ Adams CRUSHED a HR in the bottom of the 8th inning.
• Jason Heyward (Braves RF of the future/maybe the present), is very impressive. Good understanding of the strike zone, and smoked a line drive against E Dessens.
• He also stole 3rd base easily
• T Hanson (Braves SP) looked sharp, and has a very bright future.