Have you exhaled from Monday’s game yet?
The White Sox took and early 1-0 lead against the Mets and the Mets responded by doing essentially nothing until the end of the game. Juan Soto had a sacrifice fly to tie the game in the bottom of the 8th. Francisco Lindor hit a walk-off sacrifice fly at the bottom the ninth. Thus the Mets avoided a disaster in dropping the first game against the White Sox.
After dropping series against the Yankees and Red Sox, the Mets won a series against the Dodgers this past weekend. With Monday’s win against the White Sox the Mets have now won three games in a row and four games in their last five, despite their bats not being all the way back yet. Let’s keep the momentum going!
Over ten starts Tylor Megill has pitched 48 innings with a 3.56 ERA, 2.82 FIP, 1.354 WHIP and a 108 ERA+. His last start was a breath of fresh air for Megill, allowing one run over 4 2/3 innings from one hit and one walk while striking out 10 batters, something he’s done only one other time this season. Prior to that start Megill allowed 15 runs over 18 2/3 innings spread over four starts (7.23 ERA, 4.30 FIP). Megill had a strong start against the White Sox in 2024 holding the Sox to one run from five hits over 5 1/3 innings while striking out six. The White Sox have the following career numbers against Megill:
- Andrew Benintendi 2-3, 2B, K
- Joshua Palacios 1-3
- Luis Robert Jr. 0-3, K
- Josh Rojas 0-2, K
- Mike Tauchman 0-2
- Miguel Vargas 0-4, BB, 2 K
It’s been a while since the Mets faced a starting pitcher with a perfect nominative deterministic name. Jonathan Cannon is off to a strong start in his second major league season, pitching 55 innings over 10 games, eight starts, with a 3.76 ERA, 4.05 ERA, 1.309 WHIP and a 107 ERA+. He’s coming off of a rough start where he allowed four runs, three earned over five innings against he Cubs. Prior to that he had a 2.00 ERA, 2.62 FIP over three starts (18 innings). The Mets hit him fairly well in 2024, scoring four runs on four hits and four walks over five innings. The Mets have the following career stats against him:
- Pete Alonso 0-2, BB, K
- Francisco Alvarez 0-2, K
- Francisco Lindor 0-2, BB, K
- Jeff McNeil 0-1, BB
- Brandon Nimmo 0-3
- Juan Soto 2-3, 2 HR
- Mark Vientos 1-2, BB
Three Things To Watch For:
- Tylor Megill. Paul Blackburn is making his last rehab start today in the minors. Frankie Montas is ramping up his rehab. Sean Manaea seems to be a week or so behind Montas. There are additional arms on the way to the Mets. Megill had a solid bounce back start his last time out, but his time in the rotation could be dwindling. You could make the argument that his last start was a statement start in response to Blackburn’s impending return. We’ll be watching to see how crisp Megill looks again in another effort to stay in the rotation.
- Brandon Nimmo. Nimmo made a strong return to the Mets on Monday going 2-for-4 at the plate with his 10th double of the season. Nimmo came out of the game on Friday during the rain delay with neck stiffness. Nimmo is off to a slow start this season with an OPS below .700. The White Sox followed by the Rockies would be a great way get Nimmo going!
- Juan Soto. Soto is becoming a consistent RBI machine in the three-spot! He has four RBI’s over his last three games, getting at least one RBI in three games in a row. He’s gotten two RBI’s over the last two days without getting a hit. Soto currently has 25 RBI’s on the season, good for fourth on the Mets, two behind Brandon Nimmo who has 27.
Let’s Go Mets!
