213 Miles From Shea

The only thing that can make cold weather better? Playing a make up game deeper into a cold night! The cold night game is actually the make up game from Friday’s snow day and will feature the first start of the season from Joey Lucchesi.

It’s going to be a real mystery what we are going to get from Joey Lucchesi tonight, not just because it’s his first start. Joey hasn’t pitched in a game since April 7th in a game where the Mets lost 8-2 to the Phillies, but Joey was great in that game. He tossed 36 pitches over 2.0 innings allowing a hit and nothing else while striking out 3.

In spring training this year Joey pitched in 4 games and 13.0 innings, allowing 4 ER (a 2.77 ERA) from 7 hits and 4 walks while striking out 15. He didn’t get into a lot of action last year, pitching 5.2 innings allowing 5 runs from 13 hits and 2 walks. This did include a start in Colorado where he allowed 3 runs from 6 hits over 1.2 innings. In 2019 he pitched a full season with 30 starts and 163.2 innings with a 4.18 ERA, 4.17 FIP, 1.222 WHIP and a 99 ERA+. The Rockies have the following numbers against Joey:

• Trevor Story 7-22, 2 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 7 K
• Garrett Hampson 4-13, HR, 2 K
• Charlie Blackmon 5-19, BB, 3 K
• Ryan McMahon 0-4, BB, 2 K
• Yonathan Daza 0-3, K
• Elias Diaz 0-7, 2 K
• Raimel Tapia 0-1

The Mets bats will close day out against German Marquez. This will be German’s 4th start this year (half as many games as the Mets have played this year going into today!). In his first three he has allowed 7 runs from 17 hits and 11 walks over 15.2 innings leading to a 4.02 ERA, 5.95 FIP, 1.787 WHIP, and a 118 ERA+. He led the league in starts last year with 13 (and innings with 81.2), putting up a 3.75 ERA, 3.28 FIP, 1.261 WHIP and a 139 ERA+. The Mets have the following numbers against German:

• Francisco Lindor 1-2, 2B, BB
• Jonathan Villar 4-7, 2 2B, SB
• Luis Guillorme 0-0, BB
• Brandon Nimmo 2-5, BB, 2 K
• Jose Peraza 1-3
• Kevin Pillar 1-6, 2B, 2 K
• Michael Conforto 1-8, 5 K
• Albert Almora Jr. 0-5, 2 K
• Dominic Smith 0-3, K
• James McCann 0-3, 2 K

Let’s Go Mets!

For the fourth time in the last week, the Mets had a game postponed due to the weather yesterday. But unlike all the previous times – the game was cancelled due to snow!

And weather will still be the big sticking point for the Mets today. It’s going to be cold and just get colder as the night goes on. So not only will pitch counts be an issue but so will exposure to the elements. Really not ideal, but the Mets won’t go back to Colorado this year so there’s a lot of pressure to get all three games in.

There’s also the additional question – which Mets team will come out this afternoon? The Mets looked rusty at the start of the season. Then they had two straight postponements and looked great for three games in a row. Do they have enough momentum to carry over two more postponements?

In two starts this year, deGrom has pitched 14.0 innings allowing 8 hits and 1 run with two walks while striking out a staggering 21 batters. The last time that deGrom pitched against the Rockies was in 2019 and he allowed 2 runs over 6.0 innings from 6 hits and a walk while striking out 10 batters. There are very few members of the Rockies who have faced deGrom in a game:

• C.J. Cron 1-2, 2 BB
• Raimel Tapia 1-4, 2B, K
• Trevor Story 2-13, 2B, BB, 5 K
• Charlie Blackmon 2-19, 2B, BB, 3 K

The Mets batters will get a look at Chi Chi Gonzalez, who will make his 2nd start of the year and his 4th game overall. He’s allowed 4 runs from 9 hits and 6 walks over 10.0 innings while striking out 5. His season started off rough where he allowed 3 runs in a 2.0 inning outing against the Dodgers. Since then he’s allowed 1 run over 8.0 innings. Gonzalez has not pitched a full season in the majors yet and because of that he’s only seen two Mets, both recent signings, in major league games:

• Jose Peraza 0-1
• Kevin Pillar 0-7, K

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets will finally play a team an opponent outside of the division tonight!

Maybe.

The 2021 Mets cannot catch a break when it comes to getting a consistent schedule. They started the year off with three straight postponements due to covid, played 5 games in a row, then had two games in a row postponed due to rain, played 3 games in 2 days (and won all of them) before yesterday’s postponement. There’s a small chance that tonight’s game will be postponed. I can’t remember another season of Mets baseball where games were postponed on back to back days twice in the season (let alone in the same week).

Meanwhile it’s snowing in Denver. That’s not unheard of (they average a little over 8 inches of snow each April, thank you SNY for teaching us that the other day). There was a snowstorm overnight into this morning and tonight. A few days ago it looked like snow and rain would carry on into game time. Things look better now, the storm looks to move out of the area by the mid-afternoon. The question is, can they clear the stadium of snow before game time? (This happened in 2013 when the Mets traveled to Denver). Snow or no snow tonight, the low should be 27 degrees.

So its a cold, happy deGrom day! In two starts this year, deGrom has pitched 14.0 innings allowing 8 hits and 1 run with two walks while striking out a staggering 21 batters. The last time that deGrom pitched against the Rockies was in 2019 and he allowed 2 runs over 6.0 innings from 6 hits and a walk while striking out 10 batters. There are very few members of the Rockies who have faced deGrom in a game:

• C.J. Cron 1-2, 2 BB
• Raimel Tapia 1-4, 2B, K
• Trevor Story 2-13, 2B, BB, 5 K
• Charlie Blackmon 2-19, 2B, BB, 3 K

The Mets batters will get a look at Chi Chi Gonzalez, who will make his 2nd start of the year and his 4th game overall. He’s allowed 4 runs from 9 hits and 6 walks over 10.0 innings while striking out 5. His season started off rough where he allowed 3 runs in a 2.0 inning outing against the Dodgers. Since then he’s allowed 1 run over 8.0 innings. Gonzalez has not pitched a full season in the majors yet and because of that he’s only seen two Mets, both recent signings, in major league games:

• Jose Peraza 0-1
• Kevin Pillar 0-7, K

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets are on a three game streak!

The Mets clinched the series victory against the Phillies yesterday with a 5-1 win. There’s also a good chance that the three game streak could become a sweep today without the Mets even taking the field, but more on that in a bit.

David Peterson was fantastic last night, allowing 1 run on a solo homer and two hits total in 6.0 innings of work where he didn’t walk anyone and struck out 10 batters. He showed flashes of this in his first start too, sandwiched between a rough first and fifth inning. The bullpen behind Peterson was strong too – Loup got 5 outs on 14 pitches and the Edwin Diaz looked amazing in a perfect inning of relief with two strikeouts.

The main question going into today’s game – will it happen? Rain rolls in late morning today and it doesn’t leave the area until the late afternoon. The game is at noon today so the Mets have enough time to get out to Denver for a weekend series. Even though the rain leaves by late afternoon, a 5 hour delay might not be possible because it’s supposed to snow tonight which will impact the Mets flight in. And since the Mets still have a couple of home series against the Phillies (and the Phillies are only a quick trip down 95 away), the teams and the league may lean towards just cancelling today’s game. We can all argue at that point if that the means the Mets swept the Phillies or not.

If the game does happen – it’s deGrom day! In two starts this year, deGrom has tossed 14.0 innings allowing 1 run off 8 hits while walking 2 and striking out an absurd 21 batters. He has a small sample size 0.64 ERA, 1.50 FIP, 0.714 WHUP, 604 ERA+ and 13.5 K/9. He opened the season against the Phillies where he shut them out over 6.0 innings while allowing 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 7. He only tossed 77 pitches in that start before Rojas pulled him and the Mets bullpen melted down behind him. The Phillies have the following numbers against deGrom:

• Andrew Knapp 4-9, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 2 BB, 3 K
• Bryce Harper 11-39, 2 2B, 2 HR, 10 BB, 14 K
• Rhys Hoskins 4-19, 2 2B, 4 BB, 7 K
• Andrew McCutchen 6-25, BB, 8 K
• Jean Segura 4-21, 2B, 6 K
• Matt Joyce 2-17, 3 BB, 9 K
• Didi Gregorius 4-21, 4 K
• J.T. Realmuto 4-27, 2B, 10 K
• Alec Bohm 0-6, 4 K

Despite playing the Phillies 6 times already – the Mets bats have not seen starter Zach Eflin yet (and the rain may keep that true for a bit longer). Eflin has allowed 5 runs from 11 hits and 2 walks over 13.0 innings this year. He started the year strong against the Braves, holding them to 1 run over 7.0 innings while striking out 8. In his second start in Atlanta he allowed 4 runs over 6.0 innings while striking out only 2. Last year he pitched in 11 games, 10 starts, over 59.0 innings with a 3.97 ERA, 3.39 FIP, 1.271 WHIP and a 111 ERA+, all career bests. He did not face the Mets at all last year. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Kevin Pillar 3-6, 2B, HR, BB, K
• Pete Alonso 3-9, HR, 3 K
• Luis Guillorme 1-2
• Michael Conforto 7-26, 2 2B, 3 HR, BB, 5 K
• Jeff McNeil 4-18, 2B, 3B, 2 BB, 3 K
• Dominic Smith 2-9, 2B, BB, 3 K
• Jose Peraza 1-6
• Brandon Nimmo 1-11, 2 BB, 5 K
• Jonathan Villar 1-7, 4 K

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets picked up two wins yesterday! What a day!

After a frustrating loss on Saturday, the Mets had to sit out Sunday and Monday due to rain, bringing on a a doubleheader yesterday. The first game looked like it was going to be more the same – good starting pitching plus an offense that couldn’t find a hit with RISP. This became especially true when the Phillies scratched out a run in the 6th and in the 8th. But the Mets in the bottom on the 8th pushed through. Luis Rojas took advantage of a quirk in the in the extra innings rule that allowed him to put Lindor and not a pinch runner on 2nd, the Mets got the tying run run across, eventually loaded the bases and Jonathan Villar, who came in to pinch run earlier in the game got the winning hit.

The Mets took the momentum into the night cap behind an electric Marcus Stroman who pitched 6.0 scoreless innings in what is probably one of his best starts to date as a Met. The offense scored 4 runs again, and while that doesn’t seem like a lot, after several games of barely getting 2 runs, 4 runs feels like a blowout.

So the Mets have already guaranteed a series split with the Phillies and they go for the win tonight. There is still a chance of rain tonight but it looks like the Mets can get the game in (the rain looks easier to deal with than Sunday or Monday). However as the night goes on the risk for rain will get worse and tomorrow’s game is jeopardy.

David Peterson gets the start for the Mets tonight as he looks for redemption from his first start of the year. In his first start, he allowed 6 runs off of 7 hits and 2 walks in 4.0 innings. The line is a little confusing though. He had a terrible first inning. He allowed a short homer early on in the inning and then the wheels came off and he ended up allowing a total of 4 runs. Then he settled down and did quite well for the next several innings. He got off to a rough start in the 5th, was pulled and Barnes allowed a 3-run homer immediately in relief, tagging Peterson for an extra two runs. The Phillies have the following numbers against Peterson:

• Rhys Hoskins 4-5, 2 2B, 2 HR, K
• Alec Bohm 1-3, HR, K
• Bryce Harper 3-5, 2B, K
• Jean Segura 1-3, 2B, BB, 2 K
• Matt Joyce 0-1
• J.T. Realmuto 0-1, 3 BB
• Didi Gregorius 1-3, 2 K
• Andrew McCutchen 0-3, BB
• Adam Haseley 0-2

The Mets bats will see an old friend who has flourished since leaving Queens – Zack Wheeler. Over two starts this year he has allowed 3 runs over 11.2 innings from 8 hits and 4 walks while striking out an amazing 14 batters. In his first start he shut out Atlanta over 7.0 innings, allowing 1 hit and striking out 10, which means most of the damage against him came in his second start, also against Atlanta, where he pitched 4.2 innings. Last season, his first with the Phillies, he pitched 11 games and 71.0 innings with a 2.92 ERA, 3.22 FIP, 1.169 WHIP and a 151 ERA+. It was his best season for ERA, FIP and ERA+. In three starts against the Mets he allowed 8 runs from 21 hits and a walk over 20.1 innings, a 3.54 ERA. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Pete Alonso 1-2
• Jose Peraza 2-5 2B, BB
• Albert Almora Jr. 2-5
• Luis Guillorme 1-3, BB
• Dominic Smith 3-9, 2B, 2 K
• Michael Conforto 3-9, 2B, 3 K
• Jeff McNeil 2-6, 2 K
• Jonathan Villar 3-11, 3 K
• Brandon Nimmo 2-10, 2B, K
• Kevin Pillar 1-8, K

Let’s Go Mets!

Hope you are ready to double dip Mets baseball today! In today’s second game we get a surprise – a Marcus Stroman start!

Let’s rewind a bit. On Sunday Marcus was supposed to pitch the series finale against the Marlins. For some reason, despite the rain and the radar showing that it would rain throughout the day, the Mets started the game, thinking that the rain would stay light throughout the day. It was pretty obvious from the start that this was a mistake. The first hitter got a hit. The second hitter hit a foul ball that Conforto caught despite having to fight the rain in his face. At that point Stroman’s body language changed – it was clear it was too wet to grip the ball and he saw his teammates literally standing in puddles forming all over the infield. He “delayed” the game enough to get the umpires to call a real delay and finally call the game many hours later.

Initially it looked like we wouldn’t see Stroman again until Friday at the earliest – Luis Rojas was against using Stroman earlier. Stroman got in extra work yesterday at the ballpark and let the team know he could go today, so we get a Stroman start after all! Marcus had a great start out his first time out, allowing 1 run over 6.0 innings from 3 hits, and 2 walks while striking out 3. His two starts against the Phillies in 2019 weren’t great, he allowed 7 runs, 6 earned, from 17 hits over 10.0 innings while striking out 12 batters. The Phillies have the following numbers against Stroman:

• Andrew McCutchen 1-2, 2B
• Matt Joyce 4-12, 2B, HR, 5 BB, 3 K
• Adam Haseley 2-5, 2B, BB
• J.T. Realmuto 4-8, BB, K
• Didi Gregorius 9-34, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 2 BB, 2 K
• Brad Miller 7-34, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 BB, 11 K
• Jean Segura 5-16, 3 K
• Rhys Hoskins 1-6, 2 K
• Alec Bohm 0-3
• Bryce Harper 0-6, 2 K

The Mets bats will get their second look at Phillies ace Aaron Nola today who in has allowed 3 runs from 12 hits and 2 walks over 10.2 innings while striking out 11 batters this year. The Mets scored 1 run over 4.0 innings from 6 hits and 2 walks against him last week. The Mets strategy against Nola almost worked – they got his pitch count up early and made him make an early exit. But the Phillies bullpen was excellent and locked the Mets down. The Mets have the following numbers against Nola:

• Francisco Lindor 1-2
• Kevin Pillar 2-5, K
• Tomas Nido 1-2
• Pete Alonso 6-22, 3 HR, BB, 7 K
• Dominic Smith 9-29, 6 2B, HR, 11 K
• Luis Guillorme 2-6, BB, K
• Jeff McNeil 6-22, 2B, HR, 3 BB, 6 K
• Brandon Nimmo 6-23, 2B, HR, 3 BB, 6 K
• Michael Conforto 7-40, 3 2B, HR, 5 BB, 15 K
• Jonathan Villar 3-16, 2B, 3 BB, 4 K
• Jose Peraza 3-13, 2 K
• James McCann 1-5, K

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets have had 10 scheduled games so far this year. They’ve finished 5 games. They need to make up 5 games. The Mets also have some questionable weather for the rest of the week after today (there’s a chance of rain tomorrow, rain likely on Thursday, rain/snow in Denver on Friday, and a chance of rain on Saturday/Sunday in Denver). There’s a possibility the Mets will have to postpone even more games.

At least today they should get through two shortened games. This can either be a really good thing for the struggling Mets offense, or a disaster.

The Mets also made some interesting pitching decisions today. David Peterson was supposed to pitch yesterday, he’s been bumped to Wednesday. Taijuan Walker will start this game (as scheduled) and Marcus Stroman will pitch in the second game (more on that in another article).

Taijuan Walker had a great Mets debut last week. In his first start of the season, he allowed 2 runs over 6.0 innings from 4 hits and 2 walks while striking out two. He made one start against the Phillies last year where he allowed one run over 6.0 innings from 4 hits and 2 walks while striking out 8. The Phillies have the following numbers against Walker:

• Alec Bohm 1-2, BB
• Roman Quinn 1-3, K, BB
• Didi Gregorius 3-9, 2B, K
• Jean Segura 1-3, K
• Bryce Harper 1-5, BB
• J.T. Realmuto 0-1, K
• Andrew McCutchen 1-6, 2B, 2 K
• Adam Haseley 0-3, 2 K
• Matt Joyce 0-5, K

The Mets bats will get another look at Chase Anderson, who make his second start of the season tonight. His first start, also against the Mets, went alright for Anderson. He allowed 2 runs off 2 hits (including a homer) and 2 walks while striking out 3 over 5.0 innings. This was much better than his 2020 season where he posted a 7.22 ERA, 6.16 FIP, 1.634 WHIP and a 61 ERA+ over 33.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Dominic Smith 1-3, HR, BB, 2 K
• Brandon Nimmo 3-8, 2B, HR, 2 BB, 4 K
• Michael Conforto 3-15, 3 HR, 2 BB, 4 K
• Jose Peraza 6-21, 2B, 3B, HR, BB, 2 K
• Pete Alonso 1-5, 2B, 2 BB, 2 K
• Kevin Pillar 2-8, 2 2B, K
• Albert Almora Jr. 3-17, 2 2B, HR, 2 BB, 4 K
• Jeff McNeil 1-5, 2B, BB
• Francisco Lindor 0-5, BB, K

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets have played 5 games this year. The Mets have to make up 4 games already this year.

The calendar continues to get more complicated for the Mets as they had to postponed yesterday’s game due to rain, thus adding another game to happen at a later time. Yesterday’s game should have never started, but for some reason it did. Marcus Stroman allowed a lead off hit, then Conforto made a tough catch fighting the rain. The umpires called for a delay and many hours later, called the game. It’s absurd that the game even started, wasting a Stroman start. It is unclear if he can pitch on short rest this week.

Further complicating if Stroman can come into another game this year – the weather. There should be rain showers tonight, Wednesday and Thursday. It’s unclear right now if the rain will be enough to call for a delay or postpone the game. The Mets have a soggy week ahead of them as they struggle to find consistent schedule to play baseball.

Meanwhile, the Phillies come to Queens tonight fresh off of avoiding a sweep by Atlanta. Similar to the Mets a couple of days ago, their game last night was essentially decided by a controversial call at home plate. Alec Bohm was rounding the bases and looked to be tagged out by our old friend Travis d’Arnaud. The Braves called for a replay and MLB offices in New York confirmed the incorrect call on the field. This ended up being the deciding run in the game.

David Peterson gets the start for the Mets tonight as he looks for redemption from his first start of the year. In his first start, he allowed 6 runs off of 7 hits and 2 walks in 4.0 innings. The line is a little confusing though. He had a terrible first inning. He allowed a short homer early on in the inning and then the wheels came off and he ended up allowing a total of 4 runs. Then he settled down and did quite well for the next several innings. He got off to a rough start in the 5th, was pulled and Barnes allowed a 3-run homer immediately in relief, tagging Peterson for an extra two runs. The Phillies have the following numbers against Peterson:

• Rhys Hoskins 4-5, 2 2B, 2 HR, K
• Alec Bohm 1-3, HR, K
• Bryce Harper 3-5, 2B, K
• Jean Segura 1-3, 2B, BB, 2 K
• Matt Joyce 0-1
• J.T. Realmuto 0-1, 3 BB
• Didi Gregorius 1-3, 2 K
• Andrew McCutchen 0-3, BB
• Adam Haseley 0-2

The Mets bats will get another look at Chase Anderson, who make his second start of the season tonight. His first start, also against the Mets, went alright for Anderson. He allowed 2 runs off 2 hits (including a homer) and 2 walks while striking out 3 over 5.0 innings. This was much better than his 2020 season where he posted a 7.22 ERA, 6.16 FIP, 1.634 WHIP and a 61 ERA+ over 33.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Dominic Smith 1-3, HR, BB, 2 K
• Brandon Nimmo 3-8, 2B, HR, 2 BB, 4 K
• Michael Conforto 3-15, 3 HR, 2 BB, 4 K
• Jose Peraza 6-21, 2B, 3B, HR, BB, 2 K
• Pete Alonso 1-5, 2B, 2 BB, 2 K
• Kevin Pillar 2-8, 2 2B, K
• Albert Almora Jr 3-17, 2 2B, HR, 2 BB, 4 K
• Jeff McNeil 1-5, 2B, BB
• Francisco Lindor 0-5, BB, K
• James McCann 0-2

Let’s Go Mets!

For a second straight series the Mets will play a rubber game. On Thursday the Mets won the series opener on a controversial call where Conforto was hit by a pitch in the strike zone, which should have been called strike 3. Yesterday the Mets got a masterpiece of a game from Jacob deGrom where he struck out 14 Marlins, but the offense couldn’t get anything going against Trevor Rogers (a theme from last year too) and the Mets eventually lost 3-0.

So the Mets will try to get back to .500 today! Game 6 of the season! Over the first six games, the Mets have shown two early trends. First, the starting pitching is good, and is only going to get better when Carrasco and Syndergaard return. Second, the trend from last year were the Mets could get hits with the bases loaded and did nothing with RISP continues. I’m a big believer that over time, these averages should be the same. Hopefully the Mets can start to work on correcting that today.

Marcus Stroman will make his second start of the season today. In his first start of the season, he allowed 1 run off a solo homer and 3 hits over 6.0 innings while walking 2 and striking out 3. Very few Marlins have seen Stroman in a real game before. Stroman missed the Marlins when he was traded to the Mets in 2019. He sat out 2020 and the Marlins roster turned over so many times in the last couple of years and was filled in with homegrown players, there are only three Marlins that have seen him:

• Adam Duvall 2-3, HR, K
• Corey Dickerson 14-33, 5 2B, 2 HR, BB, 5 K
• Starling Marte 1-5

As of right now, the Marlins have not named a starter for today’s game. Don Mattingly said after the game last night he’s considering doing an opener for today. Craig Mish, a Marlins beat writer, speculates that two names we could see in this scenario are John Curtiss and Paul Campbell. Curtiss so far this year has allowed 2 runs from 5 hits over 2.2 innings while walking none and striking out 3. For the Rays last year he pitched in 17 games, making 3 starts, and totaled 25.0 innings with a 1.80 ERA, 3.35 FIP, 0.960 WHIP and 232 ERA+. In his one game against the Mets he allowed 2 runs from 4 hits over 2.1 innings. Paul Campbell made his major league debut earlier this year where he allowed 3 runs from 4 hits in 2.0 innings against the Rays.

Let’s Go Mets!

No matter how many years I watch baseball, I’ll never get used to the off-day after the opener game (incase it rains). Not having a game on a Friday during the season is so strange. Anyway, the Mets return to baseball today after the off-day on Friday. Several Mets took advantage of the off-day to get vaccinated after the game to protect against Covid!

Speaking of things we almost never see – how about the ending of Thursday’s game? The Mets were leading 1-0 most of the game, still struggling to get hits with RISP when the Nationals went up 2-1 in the 6th inning. Everything that happened since that point has basically washed over the original story line of the game – Taijuan Walker looked great! The score stayed 2-1 until the bottom of the 9th when Jeff McNeil, on his birthday, smacked a solo homer to tie the game. The Mets then proceeded to load the bases for Michael Conforto, who may (probably did) lean into the pitch, got hit, and the Mets won the game. The umpires announced after the game that it was the wrong call and Conforto should have been called out on strikes.

There will probably be some karma correcting this for the Mets at some point. Here’s how I’m thinking of it – the Mets whole start of the season was ruined by the Nationals. The Mets got rusty, and another team, the Braves, got to face a depleted Nationals team in a less obtrusive way to their own schedule. This was the universe giving the Mets something back. Now the universe owes the Marlins something. Here’s hoping it isn’t going to come at the Mets expense.

It’s also Jacob deGrom day! The last Jacob deGrom day was interrupted by a Mets bullpen meltdown. Before the bullpen fell apart, Jacob was taken out of the game early, after 6.0 innings and only 77 pitches after allowing no runs and 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 7. One third of his starts came against the Marlins last year (4 starts) and he allowed 7 runs, 4 earned, over 24.0 innings from 19 hits and 6 walks while striking out 36 batters. That’s an ERA over 1.50. The Marlins have the following numbers against deGrom:

• Jesus Aguilar 4-12, 2B, HR, 2 K
• Garrett Cooper 4-14, HR, BB, 7 K
• Jon Berti 6-19, 3 2B, 5 K
• Jorge Alfaro 4-18, 2B, HR, BB, 10 K
• Brian Anderson 8-35, 2 2B, HR, 3 BB, 10 K
• Miguel Rojas 9-37, 3 BB, 7 K
• Corey Dickerson 2-14, BB, 4 K
• Starling Marte 1-9, BB, 3 K
• Adam Duvall 0-2, 2 K

The Mets bats will get their first 2021 look at Trevor Rogers. In Rodgers first start of the season against the Cardinals, he allowed 3 runs, 2 earned, over 4.0 innings from 2 hits, 4 walks while striking out 6. Rogers first two starts of his career were against the Mets last year. In his first start he allowed no runs despite allowing a hit and 5 walks over 4.0 innings. He did strike out 6 Mets in that outing. In his next outing he allowed 2 runs from 5 hits and 2 walks over 5.0 innings, this time with 5 K’s. After he stopped facing the Mets his season got a lot rougher. In his next 4 starts he would allowed 17 earned runs in 16.0 innings before ending the season with 3 scoreless innings against the Yankees. All of these great starts against the Mets and the Yankees were in New York – maybe he just really likes pitching here? Anyway, the Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Jeff McNeil 2-4, 2 2B, BB, K
• Dominic Smith 1-2, 2 BB, K
• Luis Guillorme 1-3, BB, 2 K
• J.D. Davis 0-1, BB, K
• Brandon Nimmo 0-3, BB
• Pete Alonso 0-5, 2 K
• Michael Conforto 0-2, 2 K

Let’s Go Mets!