The Mets have a tough challenge in the nightcap game tonight facing Jacob Misiorowski. The top 100 prospect (#44 Baseball America, #65 Baseball Prospectus, #100 MLB Pipeline) has dominated opponents so far in his major league career. He will face a Mets lineup that already played a full game today. Across the diamond the Mets send will send out their own prospect in Blade Tidwell, hoping that he rebounds against a more tired Brewers roster. It’s more Mets baseball on Wednesday evening, and hopefully it’s better than what we saw earlier today!
Huascar Brazobán will open the game and will be followed by Blade Tidwell who is in line to do the bulk of the work today. Over 10 2/3 innings this season, he has allowed 12 runs from 18 hits and eight walks while striking out seven. His first start of the season was terrible, allowing six runs over 3 2/3 innings. He did better in his second start allowing only two runs over 3 2/3 innings. The numbers in his last outing are a bit skewed. He allowed four runs over 3 1/3 innings, but the Mets kept him in a game to save a bullpen after a bad start by David Peterson.
Jacob Misiorowski has allowed only two runs over his first three starts (16 innings) this season while striking out 19 batters. He’s coming off of a career high eight strikeouts against the Pirates over five innings, holding the Pirates to only two hits. The Cardinals didn’t score against Jacob, but showed that patience can pay off (four walks), something that will be tough for the Mets in the second game of a doubleheader. Jacob leans on a fastball over half of the time that sits right around 100 mph. He mixes in a slider that sits in the mid-90’s, a high 80’s curveball and a low-90’s changeup.
Three Things To Watch For:
- Huascar Brazobán. Over Brazobán had a 1.30 ERA, 3.46 FIP over his first 26 games and 34 2/3 innings while striking out 34 batters this season. Since June 3rd he has pitched in eight games totaling 7 2/3 innings where he allowed 14 runs, 13 earned, from eight hits and 10 walks. He’s been particularly off in his last two games recording only two outs while allowing seven runs. Hopefully getting the start today gets him back on track.
- The big, deflating inning. The Mets have now lost 14 of their last 17 games and a defining characteristic in many of these games is one inning where everything falls apart and makes a comeback seem impossible. Earlier this afternoon it was the sixth inning where the Mets allowed five runs. Reed Garrett came in and promptly gave up the tying run before falling apart and allowing a grand slam. There are a lot of problems with the offense right now, but they also need a chance.
- In search of the big, run scoring inning. On the other side of the coin, the Mets bats still haven’t had a massive inning yet. A couple of crooked number innings will go a long way in taking off the need to perfect while pitching. A big inning will help everyone in slumps.
Let’s Go Mets!
