The Mets head into this weekend’s Subway Series on a four game winning streak, coming off of a sweep of the Marlins. Wednesday’s game was one of the crazier one’s in Mets history. The Mets roared to an early 8-0 lead, the Marlins came back. The Mets then extended the lead to 15-9, the Marlins came back falling just short with a final score of 15-14. The Mets now sitting in fourth place, two games above the Nationals, and are only 3.5 games behind the Marlins for third in the division.
The Yankees have won three games in a row and they have also won seven of their last ten. They just got Aaron Judge back and are three games off of the division lead. This is shaping up to be a competitive weekend!
Nolan McLean has pitched 161 2/3 innings over 28 starts with a 3.06 ERA, 3.57 FIP, 1.144 WHIP and a 134 ERA+. In his last five starts he has pitched 31 innings with a 1.16 ERA and 3.87 FIP. He’s been on a roll recently with the only blemish being free passes. He has walked 15 batters in his last four starts, but he’s been able to work around that allowing only four runs. The only members of the Yankees to face McLean in a Major League game are Luis García Jr. (0-for-4, K) and Heliot Ramos (0-for-2, K).
Carlos Rodón had made 13 starts this season totaling 64 innings with a 3.09 ERA, 3.82 FIP, 1.172 WHIP and a 136 ERA+. Since returning to action at the start of August he has pitched 17 2/3 innings over four starts where he allowed six runs, five earned while striking out 18 batters (2.55 ERA, 4.80 FIP). He still hasn’t pitched beyond five innings since coming back. The Mets tagged him for three runs, two earned over 3 2/3 innings back in May. The Mets have the following career numbers against him:
- Francisco Alvarez 1-3, BB
- Brett Baty 1-2, 2B
- Carson Benge 1-2
- Bo Bichette 4-15, 2 2B, 2 BB, 3 K
- A.J. Ewing 0-2
- Francisco Lindor 10-39, 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 BB, 5 K
- Christopher Morel 1-13, 6 K
- Cristian Pache 0-2
- Marcus Semien 5-28, 2B, HR, BB, 8 K
- Juan Soto 1-5, 5 BB, K
- Luis Torrens 1-6, HR, 3 K
- Mark Vientos 2-10, 2 K
Three Things To Watch For:
- Francisco Lindor. Lindor has been on a heater in his last three games. He has gone a combined 4-for-15 with two home runs and five runs scored. He now has four home runs in the month of September and 18 total for the season. Lindor has fantastic numbers against Rodón and he has slashed .295/.360/.525 with seven home runs at Yankee Stadium.
- A.J. Ewing. Ewing has gone 10-for-18 in his last five games with two doubles, a home run and stolen base (.556/.571/.833). It’s nice to see Ewing get back into a hot streak to end the season, emerging from a colder August. He’s now hitting .252/.322/.370 and has a solid chance raise his season OPS back over .700 for the first time since mid-August.
- Christopher Morel. Brett Baty hurt his knee running to first in the second inning on Wednesday, giving Morel significant playing time. Morel went 3-for-4 with a double, home run and three runs scored. That doubles the amount of hits he has had as a Met. Before Wednesday Morel went 3-for-16 over nine games slashing .188/.278/.188 .
Let’s Go Mets!
