213 Miles From Shea

After a tough series against the Braves over last weekend, the Mets responded by winning two games against the Royals despite some fairly major unexpected surprises (Colon for example). Tonight, Matt Harvey has a shot of redemption against the Atlanta squad from his last outing. He’s 4-9 on the year over 14 starts and 79.1 innings with a 4.76 ERA. After three starts where he logged 20.0 innings allowing 2 ER, he allowed 4 ER over 6.0 innings vs the Braves. The Braves have the following numbers against Harvey:

• Freeman3-15, 3 2B
• Markakis 1-10
• Pierzynski 6-9, 2B
• Aybar 1-6
• Peterson 2-7, 2 2B
• d’Arnaud 1-3, 2B
• Flowers 0-3

The Mets bats will try to get some consistency going against Matt Wisler who is 3-7 over 14 games and 13 starts this season with a 4.23 ERA while pitching 83.0 innings. He opened up June to two horrid starts that saw him allowing 13 ER over 8.0 innings, in his last start he settled down to 2 ER over 8 hits in 6.2 innings of work. His best start of the season by far was against the Mets at the start of May where he held the Mets to one hit and two walks over 8.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Matt:

• Granderson 1-12
• Cespedes 2-9, 2B
• Conforto 3-8
• Flores 1-6
• Cabrera 2-5
• Loney 2-7

Let’s Go Mets!

Last night was an odd one, but we won, so everything is good! Syndergaard was supposed to start last night but during the day, the Mets switched him and Colon so Noah can get more rest after his amazing outing last time out. Things weren’t so good for Colon as he had to leave the game almost immediately last night after being hit by a comebacker. The Mets bullpen held on though!

Syndergaard is 7-2 on the year over 14 games and 13 starts pitching 85.0 innings with 106 strikeouts while posting an ERA of 1.91. He’s coming off of his best start this season where he pitched 8.1 innings allowing 2 runs, 1 earned while striking out 11 (he didn’t allow the urns until the 9th). His first start of the season was against the Royals where he held them scoreless over 6.0 innings while striking out 9. The Royals have the following numbers against Syndergaard:

• Cain 2-6
• Escobar 2-6, 3B
• Hosmer 0-5
• Perez 1-4
• Morales 1-3, 2B

Dan Duffy gets the nod for the Royals. He’s 2-1 over 23 games and 7 starts this year with a 3.17 ERA and 54.0 innings. He’s 2-1 over his last 5 starts while logging 28.2 innings with a 4.08 ERA. His first outing of the year was against the Mets where he allowed one hit and a walk over 1.2 innings of relief work. The Mets have the following numbers against Duffy:

• Cabrera 4-10, 2B
• Granderson 1-8
• Cespedes 0-5
• Conforto 1-2, HR
• Rivera 0-2

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets are in a bad place right now. After winning two in a row to finish off their previous series, they then lost all three against the Braves. Luckily for the Mets, Syndergaard is pitching tonight and if anyone can reverse this funk, it’s him. He’s 7-2 on the year over 14 games and 13 starts pitching 85.0 innings with 106 strikeouts while posting an ERA of 1.91. He’s coming off of his best start this season where he pitched 8.1 innings allowing 2 runs, 1 earned while striking out 11 (he didn’t allow the urns until the 9th). His first start of the season was against the Royals where he held them scoreless over 6.0 innings while striking out 9. The Royals have the following numbers against Syndergaard:

• Cain 2-6
• Escobar 2-6, 3B
• Hosmer 0-5
• Perez 1-4
• Morales 1-3, 2B

The Mets draw Ian Kennedy tonight who is 5-5 over 13 starts this year and 77.2 innings with a 4.17 ERA. At the end of May he had a 3.03 ERA, the June happened. In June he’s made 3 starts and 18.1 innings allowing 16 ER (7.85 ERA). He made one start against the Mets last year where he allowed 2 ER and 6 hits over 6.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Ian:

• Walker 9-21, 2B, 3 HR
• Loney 7-16, 4 2B, HR
• Granderson 5-12, HR
• De Aza 3-7, 2B, 3B
• Cabrera 3-5, 2B, HR
• Flores 2-6

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets dropped another game against the Braves yesterday after the Mets bullpen couldn’t hold the lead and the Mets bats went silent after scoring 3 runs early. Tonight the Mets look to reverse their fortunes this afternoon with Jacob deGrom, AND ITS HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY! Happy 28th Jacob! He is 3-3 over 11 starts this season and 67.0 innings with a 2.82 ERA. In his last four starts he’s 0-2 over 26.0 innings with 35 K’s and a 2.42 ERA. His second start of the season was against the Braves where he allowed only 1 ER over 5.2 innings while striking out 3. The Braves have the following numbers against Jacob:

• Kelly Johnson 1-10
• Walker 2-6
• Cabrera 1-5, 2B
• De Aza 1-4
• Loney 2-3, 2B, HR

The Mets bats will get a look at a familiar foe, Julio Teheran, who is now 25 playing in his 6th major league season. He’s 2-7 this year over 14 starts and 89.0 innings with a 2.93 ERA. In his last four starts he has also pitched 26.0 innings like deGrom with a 3.81 ERA while striking out 26 batters. He hasn’t faced the Mets yet this season but last year he was 2-1 in as many starts against the Mets logging 17.1 innings with a 2.60 ERA. The Mets have the following numbers against Julio:

• Granderson 4-15, 2B, HR
• Walker 2-11
• Flores 3-10, HR
• K Johnson 1-5
• deGrom 1-4
• De Aza 1-3, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets dropped the first game of the series against the Braves, and they look to put it back together tonight with Steven Matz. Matz is 7-3 on the year over 11 starts and 66.1 innings with a 2.71 ERA. His last start wasn’t the best, but the defense wasn’t the best behind him. He pitched 6.0 innings allowing 5 runs and 4 earned. He has two good starts against the Braves this year first holding them to 2 ER over 6.1 innings and in his second start he held them scoreless over 7.2 innings while striking out 8. The Braves have the following numbers against Matz:

• Freeman 3-7, 2B
• Garcia 2-9
• Markakis 2-6
• Aybar 1-6
• Flowers 0-6
• Francoeur 2-6
• d’Arnaud 0-3

Aaron Blair continues his rookie season. He’s 0-4 over 9 starts and 40.1 innings so far this year with an ERA of 7.59 to match. In the month of June he’s allowed 14 ER over 13.1 innings over three starts. He made his major league debut against the Mets back on April 24th where he allowed 3 ER over 5.1 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Blair:

• Cabrera 2-3
• Conforto 1-2, 2B
• Granderson 1-2
• Walker 1-2
• Flores 0-2
• Plawecki 0-2

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets were able to win the series last night against the Pirates thanks to some power and really strong pitching from Bartolo Colon. Now the Mets begin the first of 7 of their next 9 games against the Braves.

Matt Harvey looks to keep his recent streak going tonight. He’s 4-8 over 13 games and 73.1 innings with a 4.66 ERA. In his last three starts he’s 1-1 over 20.0 innings with a 0.90 ERA with 17 K’s. In two starts against the Braves with 10.2 innings and 5 ER. The Braves have the following numbers against Harvey:

• Freeman 2-12, 2 2B
• Markakis 0-7
• Garcia 2-6
• Pierzynski 5-6, 2B
• Aybar 0-4
• Smith 3-4, 2B
• Peterson 1-4, 2B

John Gant, the former Met prospect, will be getting the start tonight against the Mets. He’s 0-1 over 8 games, 1 start and 16.0 innings allowing 12 runs, 10 earned while striking out 19. His last time out was his first start of the season he allowed 3 runs, 2 earned over 4.1 innings while striking out 5. He has not faced the Mets yet or anyone on the Mets roster.

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Pirates play the rubber game today! After dropping the opener 4-0 with very little offense, the Mets exploded last night knocking the ball around for 19 hits and 11 runs including homers from Flores and Kelly Johnson. Not to be outdone, Syndergaard pitched 8.1 innings as the Mets look to evict people from Panic City.

Bartolo Colon will look to keep it going. He’s 5-3 over 13 games and 12 starts with 73.0 innings of work and a 3.08 ERA. In his last four starts he’s 2-0 over 25.0 innings with a 1.80 ERA. Bart missed the Pirates earlier this season but last year he held the Bucs to 1 ER over 7.0 innings allowing only 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out 7. The Pirates have the following numbers on Big Sexy:

• Stewart 6-17, HR
• Jaso 2-11, 2B
• Joyce 1-11
• McCutchen 3-9
• Marte 1-10
• Rodriguez 3-9
• Harrison 2-7

The Mets bats will get another look at Juan Nicasio who is 5-5 over 12 games and 11 starts and 59.0 innings this year with a 5.34 ERA. He was having a rough go of it in May and his first start in June going 26.0 innings in 5 starts with a 6.23 ERA. Then he held the Mets to 3 hits over 5.0 innings and one run while striking out 7. That start was followed by a relief outing where he allowed 6 ER in one inning against the Cardinals. The Mets have the following numbers against Juan:

• Loney 2-13, 2B
• Walker 4-12, 2B, 3B
• Granderson 1-9, 2B
• Cabrera 2-8, HR
• Lagares 2-5, 2B, 3B
• Flores 1-3, 2B
• Plawecki 1-4
• Rivera 2-4, 2B
• Conforto 1-3, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets dropped their third game in a row last night as they were shutout out 4-0 against the Pirates. Tonight they look to get back on the right track behind their source of thunder: Noah Syndergaard. Thor is 6-2 over 13 games and 12 starts and 76.2 innings with 95 K’s and a 2.00 ERA this season. In the month of June he has tossed 13.0 innings allowing 5 runs, 4 earned including his last start against the Pirates where he allowed 3 runs, 2 earned over 6.0 innings with 5 K’s in a game the Mets eventually won. The Pirates have the following numbers against Syndergaard:

• John Jaso 3-6, 2 2B
• Harrison 2-6, 2B
• Ho Kang 2-6
• McCutchen 1-5, 2B
• Polanco 2-6, 2 2B
• Joyce 0-3
• Marte 0-3

The Mets bats will take a crack at Jeff Locke who is 5-4 over 12 starts and 72.0 innings with a 5.83 ERA this season. The former All-Star has been mostly average or better in games pitched this year, except one start in each month where things melted down to catastrophic levels. In April he allowed 8 runs over 3.0 innings, in May he allowed 6 over 5.1 (not so bad) and in his last start he allowed 11 runs over 4.2 innings which raised his ERA from 4.28 to 5.38. He missed the Mets earlier this season. Last year he tossed 5.1 innings in one start against the Mets allowing 1 ER over 4 hits. The Mets have the following numbers against Jeff:

• Cespedes 0-4
• Lagares 2-5
• Loney 2-4
• Granderson 0-3
• Colon 0-2

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets started off well in Milwaukee but ended on a whimper after a forgettable game in the broiling Sun on Saturday and an error filled affair on Sunday. The Mets mounted a comeback attempt late on Sunday’s game but it was too late. Focusing on today, the Pirates have yet to announce a starting pitcher for tonight. My gut right now says its going to Jameson Taillon, who is supposed to start in Indy tonight, so I’m writing this game preview for him, knowing it may be wrong.

What is for sure is Jacob deGrom will be on the hill for the Mets. Jacob is 3-2 over 10 games and 61.0 innings with a 2.80 ERA. He is coming off of an average start against the Pirates where he allowed 3 ER over 6.0 innings with 9 K’s (it’s a bit odd calling that average, but its really about the runs. 9 K’s were the second most he recorded all season). The Pirates have the following numbers against Jacob:

• McCutchen 3-8
• Mercer 2-8
• Jaso 1-6, 2B
• Polanco 0-5
• Harrison 0-5, 3 K
• Joynce 0-3, 3 K
• Marte 0-2

Jameson Taillon may make the start for the Pirates tonight. He made his major league debut against the Mets last week and was sent down after the game. In that start he allowed 3 ER over 6.0 innings while walking 2 and striking out 3. The Mets have the following numbers against Jameson:

• Cabrera 1-3, 2B
• Cespedes 1-3
• Confort0 0-1, RBI, BB
• De Aza 0-2
• Loney 1-3
• Walker 0-2
• Syndergaard 1-2, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

Yesterday was forgettable, so lets forget it.

Logan Verrett made the spot start and after the Mets went up quickly 2-0, things started to fall apart as the Brewers went on a homer launching spree. Oh well. Steven Matz will try to take the series from the Brew Crew for the Orange and Blue Crew today. Matz is 7-2 over 10 starts and 60.1 innings this year with a 2.39 ERA. His last two starts have been shorter for Matz as he has allowed 10.2 innings and 14 hits with 5 runs, 3 earned while striking out 11. He faced the Brewers earlier this season allowing 2 ER over 7.0 innings while striking out 8. The Brewers have the following numbers against him:

• Carter 1-3, HR
• Hill 0-3
• Lucroy 0-3
• Perez 1-3
• Cillar 1-3
• Broxton 0-2
• Captain Kirk 0-2

Zach Davies is 4-3 over 10 games and 56.2 innings with a 4.29 ERA. He’s been quite good in June going 15.0 innings with 2 ER and 14 K’s. His start against the Mets was forgettable as he allowed allowed 4 ER over 5.1 innings, in a game the Mets eventually lost. The Mets have the following numbers against Zach:

• Walker 0-5
• Cespedes 2-3, HR
• Conforto 1-2, 2B
• Granderson 1-3, HR
• Cabrera 1-2
• Plawecki 0-2

Let’s Go Mets!