As I write this game preview at 2 PM, the Mets have not officially announced tonight’s starter. You probably know the latest Mets drama but just in case you don’t the Mets announced over the holiday weekend, on the same day as they communicated information about surgeries to Wright, TJ Rivera and Conforto, that Harvey would start on short rest. With all the Mets injuries this year, and multiple ones to Harvey, this seemed like a bizarre, horrible idea. But the Mets stuck with it! Until last night. Suddenly the probable starter disappeared from the Mets page and still hasn’t been replaced. Normally I would try to update this post with info about the Mets starter. However, the Mets handling of players, late announcement of starters, not giving proper time for athletes to prepare and rest is enough of a game preview for this team.
On the Phillies side, Nick Pivetta gets the start. The rookie is 5-9 over 21 games and 106 innings of work with a 6.28 ERA, 5.04 FIP and 1.538 WHIP. He is coming off a strong starter in Miami where he allowed 1 run over 6.0 innings. The Mets have seen both sides of Nick this year. In his first start against the team, on July 2nd, he allowed 1 run off 1 hit and 4 walks in 7.0 innings. Then, in August, he allowed 6 runs, 5 earned off 7 hits and 2 walks from 4.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Cabrera 0-3
- Nimmo 0-3
- Aoki 0-1
- Flores 0-2
- Reyes 0-2
- Rosario 2-2
- Smith 1-2
Let’s Go Mets!
