The Mets situation is tough right now but it didn’t get worse yesterday. Marcus Stroman was incredibly tossing 7.0 scoreless innings and the Mets offense behind Alonso, Rosario, and Nimmo came through for the Mets win. The Cubs lost but the Brewers won (now 9 wins in their last 10 games) putting both clubs in a tie for the 2nd Wild Card. The Mets now are 4.0 games out with a wild card elimination number of 8. The Mets don’t have any wiggle room but they still have a path to the post-season.
And that path includes a good start by Noah Syndergaard today. Noah is 10-8 over 29 starts and 180.0 innings this year with a 4.15 ERA, 3.53 FIP, 1.194 WHIP and 98 ERA+. He has not been effective in his last two starts allowing a combined 8 runs from 11 hits and 3 walks in 10.0 innings. In his last four starts, which includes a 7.0 innings scoreless outing, he has allowed 18 runs, 17 earned over 20.0 innings, raising his ERA from 3.71 to 4.15. One of his best starts of the season was against the Rockies where he allowed 1 hit and 2 walks in 7.0 innings. The Rockies have the following numbers against him:
- Daniel Murphy 6-24, 3 2B,3 BB, 3 K
- Charlie Blackmon 2-11, 2B, BB, 3 K
- Ian Desmond 3-10, HR, BB, 5 K
- Nolan Arenado 2-7, HR, 2 BB, K
- David Dahl 4-9, 2 2B, K
- Trevor Story 0-5, BB, K
- Yonder Alonso 3-5
The Mets bats will try to keep up last night’s energy this afternoon against Jeff Hoffman who is 2-6 over 12 starts and 56.1 innings with a 7.03 ERA, 6.45 FIP, 1.669 WHIP and 75 ERA+. In his last two starts he has allowed 7 runs on 9 hits and 8 walks in 11.0 innings. He faced the Mets earlier this year and allowed 6 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks in 4.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Michael Conforto 2-7, 2B, 3 BB, K
- Joe Panik 3-8, 2 2B, BB
- Todd Frazier 3-4, 2B, HR, 2 BB
- Amed Rosario 1-6, BB, K
- Pete Alonso 0-3, 2 K
- J.D. Davis 1-3, 3B
Let’s Go Mets!
