On May 22nd the Mets finally play an NL East opponent other than the Nationals for the first time this season. The Mets have had an odd schedule to start the year. They didn’t play the Nationals until the end of April. Each of their road trips before this one were out to the west coast. They still haven’t played the Braves and Phillies.
After going 5-1 at home last week the Mets have had a slightly disappointing start to the road trip, splitting a four game series with the Nationals. A good weekend in Miami though can still make this road trip a positive one!
Tobias Myers gets the start tonight. The Mets are in the midst of a 16 day stretch with no days off and the hope is working Myers in today will give the starters a little extra rest. Over 29 innings this season Myers has a 3.41 ERA, 4.38 FIP, 1.034 WHIP and a 116 ERA+. He has thrown three innings in two outings this year and has gone at least two innings in nine outings. The most pitches he has tossed in a game is 40. Ideally the Mets would love to get three innings out of him tonight. The Marlins have the following career stats against him:
- Owen Caissie 0-1,K
- Xavier Edwards 1-1, HR, BB
- Otto Lopez 0-3, K
- Christopher Morel 2-4, HR, BB, 2 K
- Kyle Stowers 0-1
Eury Pérez has made 10 starts totaling 52 1/3 innings this season with a 5.33 ERA, 5.20 FIP, 1.414 WHIP and a 77 ERA+. Pérez opened the season holding the Rockies to only three runs over seven innings. Since then he’s had one great start holding the Brewers to one unearned run over six, and every other start has been average to bad. In his last three games he has allowed 13 earned runs over 16 innings from 12 hits and 12 walks while striking out 19 (7.31 ERA, 6.60 FIP). The Mets have the following career stats against him:
- Brett Baty 0-2, K
- Bo Bichette 3-5, 2B
- Juan Soto 1-4, HR, K
- Tyrone Taylor 1-4, 2B, 2 K
- Mark Vientos 1-1, HR, BB
Three Things To Watch For:
- Strikeouts. The Mets had 12 strikeouts as a team yesterday with Benge, Bichette, Semien, Vientos and Ewing each recording two. In Pérez’s two good starts this year he had a total of 15 strikeouts over 13 innings. In his last three starts he recorded 19 K’s over 16 innings. Don’t give Pérez any momentum tonight! Work walks, don’t chase!
- Sean Manaea. Manaea could see significant work today. Over 10 games (27 1/3 innings), Manaea has a 6.26 ERA, 4.27 FIP, 1.683 WHIP and a 64 ERA+. He gritted out four innings his last time out allowing three runs, two earned off of four hits and a two walks. Manaea was hitting 91-93 on his fastball throughout his last outing, something we haven’t seen a ton of this year. Things still don’t look great for Manaea (5.23 xERA, .277 xBA), but maybe this is a harbinger of good things to come.
- Kyle Stowers. Stowers had a tremendous year for the Marlins in 2025 slashing .288/.368/.544 with a 150 OPS+ and 25 home runs. He’s struggled this season slashing .228/.328/.366 with a 97 OPS+ and three home runs. Two of those three homeruns happened yesterday. Stowers is heating up right now going 6-for-18 with a double, two home runs and three walks (.333/.429/.722).
Let’s Go Mets!
