The Mets absolved their hitting woes Friday night and scored nine runs on 17 hits against the Cardinals. It was the second time in three games that the Mets left at least 10 runners on base, but that doesn’t matter when you score nine runs. Five hitters in the Mets lineup had multi-hit games including three-hit games from Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Alvarez. Hopefully the bats still have a few more hits left in them as they take on the Cardinals for game two and game three of the series.
Blade Tidwell makes his major league debut with the Mets this afternoon! The Mets always planned on using a spot starter today to give the starting rotation a bit more rest, so today was the best possible day for the Mets to have a doubleheader. He’s from Columbia, Tennessee so it’s awesome that so many of friends and family will be able to make his debut this afternoon. Tidwell has 27 innings over six starts with a 5.00 ERA, 3.21 FIP and 1.333 WHIP. This season, minor league batters have been whiffing 33.3% of the time leading a 12.3 K/9.
The Mets bats will get a look at former National Erick Fedde. Fedde played with the Nationals from 2017 until 2022. After a couple of poor seasons with the Nationals, he went to the KBO, re-established himself and came back to the White Sox as a strong pitcher. The Cardinals traded for him before the deadline last season.
This season Fedde has pitched 32 2/3 innings over six starts with a 4.68 ERA, 4.78 FIP, 1.347 WHIP and an 89 ERA+. The big change for Fedde has been his walk rate. His last season before the KBO it jumped to 4.1 BB/9, coming back from the KBP it was a 2.6 BB/9. This season it has jumped again to 4.4. His earned run stats this season are being heavily influenced by his last start where he allowed seven runs from 10 hits over 5 2/3 innings. The Mets have the following career numbers against Fedde:
- Pete Alonso 6-16, 2 2B, 6 BB, 2 K
- Francisco Alvarez 0-0, 2 BB
- Francisco Lindor 6-19, 2B, HR, BB, K
- Starling Marte 3-11, 2B, HR, 2 K
- Jeff McNeil 7-16, 2B, 2 BB, K
- Brandon Nimmo 6-25, 3 BB, 4 K
- Juan Soto 2-3, 2B
- Tyrone Taylor 0-4, K
- Luis Torrens 1-2
- Mark Vientos 1-2
- Jesse Winker 4-12, 2 HR, K
Three Things To Watch For:
- Mets are creeping back up the home run charts. The 2024 Mets were sixth in the majors with 207 home runs (Yankees, first 237). The 2025 Mets are starting to climb back up the leader boards, tied the Orioles and Guardians right now for 10th in the league with 38, trailing the Red Sox who have 41. Over the last two games they have hit four home runs, all hit by players hitting in the 2-4 spots in the lineup (Soto, Alonso and Nimmo). Let’s see if they keep this up this afternoon.
- Mets and triples. Did you know the Mets are second in the league in triples hit (8)? They trail the Cubs who have nine and are ahead of a slew of teams with six. Definitely a fun fact about the 2025 Mets.
- The Bullpen is finally rested. Friday we talked about how Díaz essentially hasn’t pitched in a week. Thanks to Holmes, Buttó and Stanek, most of the bullpen got the night off on Friday. Kranick and Garrett each got a much needed day of rest and Brazobán hasn’t pitched for a couple of days now. Bullpen management is going to be key this afternoon but in addition to Tidwell, Dedniel Núñez is rejoining the club. Núñez was a critical piece of the 2024 bullpen, pitching 35 innings with a 2.31 ERA, 2.22 FIP, 0.914 WHIP and a 170 ERA+ before his injury. Over 10 1/3 innings in the minors this season he has a 3.48 ERA, 2.032 WHIP with a 11.3 K/9.
Let’s Go Mets!
