The Mets play game two with the Cardinals this afternoon. Today is also a 7 Line Army game! Are you going to the game? Do you want to meet up? Please reach out to me on Twitter @213mfs!
Anyway, Zack Wheeler gets the start this afternoon as the Mets use the rain out on Wednesday to skip Montero’s spot in the rotation. Wheeler is 3-5 over 14 starts and 70.0 innings this year with a 5.01 ERA, 4.80 FIP and 1.514 WHIP. In his return from the DL, he allowed 2 hits and 2 walks in 3.2 innings against the Phillies leading to 2 unearned runs. With the Cards being in a different division, and Wheeler’s recent injury woes the last couple of years, the only person on the Cardinals roster who has seen Wheeler is Gyorko who is 0-3 with 3 K’s.
The Mets get a look at an old foe, embedded in Mets lore, Adam Wainwright, who is 9-5 with a 5.48 ERA over 17 starts and 90.1 innings. He also owns a 3.87 FIP and 1.550 WHIP. His FIP is why I’m not getting my hopes up too much. While it is above his career mark of 3.24, it suggests that there are mistakes happening behind him leading to runs. In two starts against the Mets last year he allowed 20 hits and 3 walks over 11.2 innings leading to 11 runs, 6 earned. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Bruce 12-41, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 BB
- Granderson 2-15, 2B, BB
- Cespedes 3-14, HR, BB
- Duda 3-10, 2B, HR, 2 BB
- Reyes 1-13
- Cabrera 2-7, 2B
- Flores 2-5, 2B
- R Rivera 1-5
Let’s Go Mets!
