PREGAME: Mets @ Orioles

The New York Mets (13-13) travel to Ft. Lauderdale today to face the Baltimore Orioles (11-16) in Grapefruit League play. Mike Pelfrey (1-1, 5.09) is scheduled to start for the Mets. Game time is 1:05 PM EST, and you can follow the live box score at MLB.com.

Here's the lineup for the Mets:

Marlon Anderson, lf
Luis Castillo, 2b
Jeremy Reed, cf
Fernando Tatis, 3b
Ryan Church, dh
Nick Evans, 1b
Bobby Kielty, rf
Brian Schneider, c
Alex Cora, ss

Mike Pelfrey, sp

No doubt, this lineup is to help Jerry Manuel determine who wins the final bench spots. My guess is that it comes down to either Bobby Kielty or Nick Evans, since Marlon Anderson has been very solid this spring and he has always been a clubhouse favorite.

Either way, somebody is going to Buffalo before Livan Hernandez is called up to make his first start with the Mets.

As always, Let's Go Mets!