The Mets will try to avoid being swept this afternoon as they take on the Brewers for the third and final game of the series. The Mets offense finally woke up yesterday and scored six runs thanks to three homers (Alvarez, Baty, and Alonso) but it wasn’t enough to overcome the seven runs the Brewers piled on throughout the game.
Despite the outcome, there is a lot to positive about from yesterday’s game. Edwin Díaz saw his first game action of the year and allowed a hit and nothing else over one inning of work. He also on tossed 18 pitches in his outing. Alvarez had just a tremendous game going 3-for-4 at the plate. The Marte party continued with with him getting on base three times and scoring twice.
The Rhys Hoskins situation only got worse for the Mets yesterday as he responded to Friday’s scuffle with a 3-for-4 day at the plate with four RBI’s. Not great and hopefully after today the Mets don’t have to worry about him until the end of the season.
Tylor Megill looks to right the ship today for the Mets as he debut’s his American spork for the first time in an actual, major league baseball game. Over 25 starts last year he tossed 126 1/3 innings with a 4.70 ERA, 4.96 FIP, 1.575 WHIP and a 90 ERA+. By ERA+ it was his best season in the majors. The Mets rotation is the weakest part of the team going into the season and desperately needs players to step up, can Megill be the person?
The Brewers have the following career numbers against Megill:
- Willy Adames 2-8, 2B, HR, 3 K
- William Contreras 0-6, BB, K
- Rhys Hoskins 0-4, K
- Gary Sánchez 0-3, K
- Christian Yelich 3-6, 2B, 2 HR, BB, 3 K
The Mets bats will look to keep yesterday’s hit parade going against Colin Rea this afternoon. Rea pitched in 26 games last year including 22 starts totaling 124 1/3 innings with a 4.55 ERA, 4.90 FIP, 1.187 WHIP and a 95 ERA+. This includes one start against the Mets where he held the Mets to one run from three hits over 6 1/3 innings while striking out three. The Mets have the following career numbers against Rea:
- Pete Alonso 0-3
- Francisco Alvarez 0-2
- Harrison Bader 0-1
- Brett Baty 1-1, BB
- Francisco Lindor 1-3, K
- Starling Marte 1-6, K
- Jeff McNeil 0-2
- Omar Narváez 0-2
- Brandon Nimmo 0-3, K
Three Things To Watch For:
- 500 Career RBI’s for Pete Alonso. Yesterday Pete Alonso hit a solo homer in the ninth inning to bring the Mets within one. That RBI was number 499 in his career. In terms of career Mets numbers, Alonso is tenth on the list. Cleon Jones and José Reyes are tied for eight on the list at 521.
- Brooks Raley will probably get work today. Brooks Raley is the only pitcher in the Mets bullpen who has not been used in a game yet this season, and it seems like right now that Carlos Mendoza is trying to make sure that everyone gets some time on the field this weekend. Tonkin has thrown the most pitches at 33 followed by Ottavino at 24. Everyone else has thrown less than 20 pitches.
- Cutting back on strikeouts. The Mets had 10 strikeouts and one hit in their first game of the season. Yesterday they had six strikeouts and 12 hits. Brandon Nimmo and DJ Stewart both have the same alarming stat jumping off box scores. They both have four strikeouts over the first two games, two in each game so far. Hopefully they break this trend today.
Let’s Go Mets!
