213 Miles From Shea

Last night was not the Mets night, but they get a chance at the rubber game today with Noah Syndergaard on the night. Hidden in the Mets hot start this year is a concern about how reliable their starters are, especially after last year’s injury and off year for most of the rotation. Steven Matz struggled mightily last night as the Mets got crushed by the Cardinals but today is a new day and the Mets have a day game to look forward too.

Noah Syndergaard makes his 6th start today. So far he has tossed 27.1 innings with a 3.29 ERA, 2.40 FIP, 1.061 WHIP, and a 118 ERA+. He had an average start last time out in Atlanta where he allowed 3 runs over 6.0 innings. Previous to that he allowed 3 runs, 1 earned over 11.1 innings. His first start of the season was against the Cardinals where he allowed 4 runs off 6 hits and no walks in 6.0 innings while striking out 10. The Cardinals have the following numbers against him:

• Ozuna 2-17, HR, 6 K
• Fowler 1-8, BB
• Molina 3-9, 2B, HR
• Pham 2-7
• Carpenter 1-5, 2B
• Gyorko 1-6, HR
• Wong 1-5
• Jose Martinez 3-3, HR
• DeJong 1-2

The Mets will say good bye to the Cardinals in the regular season by facing Carlos Martinez, the two-time all-star. He is 2-1 over 5 starts and 31.2 innings this year with a 1.42 ERA, 3.33 FIP, 1.137 WHIP and 272 ERA+. His worst start of the season, by far, was his first one against the Mets where he allowed 5 runs, 4 earned, over 4.1 innings while walking 6 and allowing 4 hits. Then in his next four starts he has posted a 0.33 ERA from 1 run over 27.1 innings while striking out 32. The Mets have the following numbers against Carlos:

• Gonzalez 4-19, 2B, HR, 5 BB
• Bruce 4-20, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 BB
• Frazier 3-17, BB
• Cespedes 5-15, 2B, HR, BB
• Reyes 4-13, 2B, HR
• Cabrera 2-9, 2B, 2 BB
• Lagares 2-5
• Flores 1-5
• Lobaton 1-4
• Rosario 1-2
• Conforto 0-3

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets will go for two in a row tonight against the Cardinals after last night’s extra inning win! The Mets fell into an early 2-0 hole which they cut to 2-1 thanks to a Bruce triple. Fast forward a bit, Wheeler was struggling and left the game when it was 4-1 Cardinals, which was the presumed score Harvey was going to enter the game under but then Cespedes hit a 463-ft, 115.1 mph homer, tied the game. Harvey would allow a run, the Mets would score another run before Bruce ended it on a go-ahead solo shot in the 10th inning. A Bruce sandwich of a game with monster-Cespedes in the middle.

Matz will look to get the job done for the Mets tonight in his 5th start of the season. He’s 1-1 over 18.1 innings so far with a 4.42 ERA, 5.69 FIP, 1.145 WHIP and 88 ERA+. His first start of the season was against the Cardinals on a cold, April, Sunday afternoon and he had a rough go of it allowing 3 runs over 4 runs from 4 hits and 3 walks thanks to two homers. He has now allowed exactly 3 earned runs in three of his four starts this season. The Cardinals have the following numbers against Steven:

• Ozuna 4-13, 2B, 2 BB
• Fowler 2-8
• Carpenter 1-3, 2B, 2 BB
• Pham 4-4, HR, BB
• DeJong 3-3, 2 HR, BB
• Gyorko 0-4
• Molina 1-4, HR

The Mets bats draw Michael Wacha who is 3-1 over as many starts this season pitching 21.1 innings with a 4.22 ERA, 4.68 FIP, 1.453 WHIP and 92 ERA+. He is coming off his best start of the season against the Reds where he held them to one run over 6.2 innings with 6 hits and a walk. His first start of the season was against the Mets where he allowed 4 runs over 4.2 innings from 5 hits (two of them being homers) and 2 walks. The Mets have the following numbers against Wacha:

• Bruce 1-31, BB, 13 K
• Frazier 7-26, 2 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB
• Gonzalez 2-19, 2B, 3 BB
• Cabrera 1-5, 2B
• Cespedes 2-6, HR
• Lobaton 0-6
• Reyes 0-6
• Lagares 1-5
• Conforto 2-4, 2B
• Flores 0-4

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets are coming off of the uncommon, unplanned, double off-day thanks to a rain out in Atlanta on Sunday and a travel day yesterday. For the Mets, it may be a good thing the game got rained out to give some physical distance between Saturday’s disastrous end and tonight’s game. In case you forgot, or have blocked it from your mind, here’s a recap! Jacob deGrom had an excellent game. Immediately after he pitched his last frame, the Mets put up 3 runs. The bullpen gave back 2 runs in the 8th and 2 runs in the 9th. Game Over.

Zack Wheeler has allowed 4 runs in 13.0 innings this year from 9 hits and 4 walks leading to a small sample size 2.77 ERA, 3.69 FIP, 1.000 WHIP and 141 ERA+. If we go one step farther and look at his game log, his first start was a 1 run, 7 inning gem, and his second start (against a good Nationals team despite what their record says) was an average 3 run over 6 inning performance. Wheeler faced the Cardinals in back to back starts last year first allowed 2 runs off 8 hits and a walk in 6.0 innings in St. Louis and then allowed 4 runs off 7 hits and 4 walks in 5.1 innings in Queens. The Cardinals have the following numbers against him:

• Ozuna 3-15, 3B,, 6 K
• Gyorko 1-9
• Carpenter 2-5, 2B
• Molina 3-6, 2B
• Pham 2-3, 3 BB
• DeJong 3-5, 2B, 2 HR

The Mets bats draw Luke Weaver who is 2-1 over 4 starts and 21.1 innings this season posting a 4.22 ERA, 2.88 FIP, 1.266 WHIP and 90 ERA+. Last season he pitched in 13 games, 10 starts, totaling 60.1 innings with a 3.88 ERA, 3.17 FIP, 1.260 WHIP and 109 ERA+. His first start of the year this year was against the Mets where he held the Mets to 1 run over 5.0 innings with 5 hits, 3 walks and 3 K’s in a game the Cardinals won fairly decisively. The Mets have the following numbers against Luke:

• Bruce 1-3, 2B
• Cabrera 1-3
• Cespedes 1-3
• Frazier 0-2, BB
• Flores 0-2
• Lagares 1-2
• Rosario 1-2

Let’s Go Mets!

For the second time this season, Jacob deGrom threw a gem across 7 innings of work and for the second time this season, something happened in the 8th inning to erase that gem. Last night, after 7 scoreless innings from both starters, the Mets scraped together 3 runs in the 8th inning and left two runners on base. The runners left on base ended up being the difference as the Braves scored 2 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to win the game. Now the Mets will need a strong performance from Wheeler and their bats to split the series with the Braves today.

Wheeler has allowed 4 runs in 13.0 innings this year from 9 hits and 4 walks leading to a small sample size 2.77 ERA, 3.69 FIP, 1.000 WHIP and 141 ERA+. If we go one step farther and look at his game log, his first start was a 1 run, 7 inning gem, and his second start (against a good Nationals team despite what their record says) was an average 3 run over 6 inning performance. He avoided the Braves last season and in 2014, the last time he faced Atlanta, he had a 1-2 record over 5 games with a 2.97 ERA in 30.1 innings of work. The Braves have the following numbers against him:

• Freeman 7-14, 2 2B, HR, 9 BB (.667 OBP in 24 PAs)
• Suzuki 1-2
• Flowers 1-1, HR

The Mets draw Mike Folynewicz who looks better than he has at any point in his career. He is 1-1 over 4 starts and 21.1 innings with a 2.53 ERA, 3.34 FIP, 1.266 WHIP and 154 ERA+. His only smudge so far is 4 wild pitches, the most in the league, which already ties his mark for wild pitches in 154 innings of work last year. Speaking of last year he had a 4.79 ERA, 1.481 WHIP, 4.33 FIP and 89 ERA+. The last time he faced the Mets though was 2016 where he allowed 4 runs from 8 hits and 2 walks in 3.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Frazier 1-8, HR, BB
• Bruce 1-5
• Cabrera 3-5, 2B, HR
• Cespedes 1-5, HR
• Flores 2-4, 2B
• Conforto 1-3
• Lagares 1-3

Let’s Go Mets!

The resilient Mets bounced back and won again! The Mets found themselves in a quick 1-0 hole last night, a day after a beating by the Braves, but bounced back with a 5-3 win in the 12th inning. Once again the hero of the night was Cespedes who (again) was slumping and had a go-ahead hit. Tonight Jacob deGrom takes on long time Brave Julio Teheran with The 7 Line Army in town. It’s going to be a noisy one down south!

Jacob deGrom is 2-0 over 4 starts and 25.0 innings with a 3.24 ERA, 2.62 ERA, 1.080 WHIP and 119 ERA+. He became the first Mets starting pitcher to pitch into the 8th inning in his last start, but quickly allowed to Nationals base runners on, and then the bullpen had an epic meltdown which led to the first horrible Mets loss of the season. Last year he was 2-0 over 3 starts against the Braves allowing 6 runs from 15 hits and 8 walks in 18.0 innings (3.00 ERA, 1.278 WHIP). The Braves have the following numbers against deGrom:

• Freeman 7-28, 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 7 K
• Markakis 7-23, HR
• Inciarte 4-18, 2B, 5 K
• Teheran 3-6 (Really)
• Swanson 1-3
• Suzuki 0-5
• Bourjos 0-3

The Mets bats draw former All-Star and long time foe, Julio Teheran who is 1-1 over 4 games this season pitching 20.0 innings with a 5.40 ERA, 1.650 WHIP, 6.39 FIP and 72 ERA+. His numbers right now are deceiving as in his last two starts he has allowed only 3 runs over  6.0 innings with 16 K’s (his first two starts were horrible though). Last season he was 11-13 over 32 games and 188.1 innings with a 4.49 ERA (all full season career high), 1.3750 WHIP, 4.95 FIP and 96 ERA+. It just wasn’t his year last year compared to previous seasons. Last year he was 1-2 over 5 starts and 30.1 innings against the Mets posting a 3.26 ERA and 1.253 WHIP. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Bruce 7-28, 2 2B, 2 HR, 4 BB
• Reyes 4-24, 2 3B, 2 BB, 6 K
• Cabrera 7-23, 2 2B, 2 BB
• Flores 3-21, HR, 3 BB
• Lobaton 7-21, 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB
• Gonzalez 5-18, 2B, HR, 3 BB
• Lagares 4-21
• Cespedes 4-18
• Frazier 3-14, HR
• Conforto 3-12, HR

Let’s Go Mets!

Yesterday was not the Mets day. Harvey allowed 3 runs in the first inning and a total of 6 runs over the first three and the Mets were never able to climb out of that hole as they lost 12-4. Before we start to look towards today it is important to note that Harvey settled down after allowing 6 runs to not allow any more runs over the next 3 innings of work but Harvey’s lock on a rotation spot after his next time through is starting to evaporate.

Thor is a good remedy for a bad day! Noah Syndergaard makes his 5th start of the season tonight. He is 2-0 over 21.1 innings with a 2.95 ERA, 1.031 WHIP, 2.10 FIP and 87 ERA+. He is coming off a strong, albeit short, start where he allowed 1 run, not earned, over 5.1 innings against the Marlins where he allowed 2 hits and a walk while striking out 11. In his last three starts he has a 1.76 ERA and opponents are hitting .193 against him, but he has allowed 5 walks in 15.1 innings, eating into his pitch total and how far he can go in a game.  The last time he faced the Braves was his first start last season where he allowed 5 hits and no walks with no runs over 6.0 innings. The Braves have the following numbers against Thor:

• Markakis 3-9, BB
• Freeman 5-9, 2B, 3B, HR
• Inciarte 1-5
• Swanson 3-5
• Bourjos 0-4

The Mets bats draw Swan Newcomb who will make his 4th start of the season. So far he is 1-1 over 15.2 innings allowing 9 runs, 7 earned from 16 hits, 8 walks and 22 K’s leading to a 4.02 ERA, 3.52 FIP, 1.532 WHIP and 98 ERA+. In his rookie year, last season, he pitched in 19 games with 100.0 innings of work posting a 4.32 ERA, 4.19 FIP, 1.570 WHIP and 99 ERA+. Three of his 19 starts were against the Mets where he pitched 16.2 innings allowing 6 runs, 5 earned off 14 hits and 7 walks while striking out 22. The Mets have the following numbers against Sean:

• Cabrera 5-9, 2B
• Reyes 1-9, 3 K
• Lagares 0-7
• Nimmo 0-6, 3 K
• Cespedes 0-3
• Conforto 0-2, BB
• Flores 2-3

Let’s Go Mets!

Whoa! What a difference an inning can make! Two nights ago the Nationals had a crazy 8th inning that led to the Mets losing two games in a row and feeling of dread building across the fan base. Last night the Nationals took an early lead and for a while it looked like the Nationals would sweep the Mets at home, erasing the Mets trip to DC last week. Then the Mets had a crazy 8th of their own, capped by a Grand Slam by Cespedes, and now they feel invincible again!

The Mets will start a 10 game road trip today with a four game set in Atlanta. The Braves have slowed the Phillies roll this past week and now both clubs are tied for second in the division at 10-7 and have some injury concerns of their own like Sanchez who was scheduled to pitch tonight and was injured in workouts and Freddie Freeman, and early MVP candidate, who took a pitch off the wrist yesterday.

Harvey will make the first start of the roadtrip. He is 0-1 over 3 games and 15.0 innings allowing 8 runs from 18 hits with a 4.80 ERA, 4.72 FIP, 1.400 WHIP and 79 ERA+. After a great first start of the season where he held the Phillies scoreless over 5.0 innings, Harvey has allowed 4 runs in each of his last two starts lasting 5.0 innings each. Which Harvey will the Mets get tonight? Is he more Tw0-Face than Dark Knight? Last year he was 1-2 over 4 games against the Braves allowing 14 runs from 20 hits and 10 walks in 21.1 innings while striking out 10. The Braves have the following numbers against him:

• Freeman 5-26, 4 2B, HR, BB, 6 K
• Markakis 6-22, 2B, 4 BB, 6 K
• Inciarte 5-21, 2 2B
• Suzuki 2-12, HR, 2 BB
• Swanson 1-7, 3 BB
• Flowers 0-5
• Bourjos 1-3

As of writing this, the Braves still haven’t officially announced which starting pitcher they will utilize tonight as they are deciding between Lucas Sims or Matt Wisler. Sims was 3-6 over 14 games and 10 starts last year pitching 57.2 innings posting a 5.62 ERA, 5.07 FIP and 1.509 WHIP. He has made one minors start this year allowing 3 hits and no runs over 4.0 innings while walking 2 and striking out 7. In two games and a start against the Mets last year he allowed 4 runs from 8 hits and 3 walks in 8.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Sims:

• Lagares 3-4
• Nimmo 1-3, BB
• Rosario 0-4
• Reyes 1-2
• Nido 0-2
• Cabrera 0-1

Last Season Wisler was 0-1 over 20 games and one start in 32.1 innings with a 8.35 ERA, 5.20 FIP, 1.732 WHIP. In the previous year he pitched 156.2 innings with a 5.00 ERA, 4.85 FIP and 1.328 WHIP. In 11.0 innings against the Mets last season, more than any other team, he allowed 11 runs from 15 hit and 7 walks. The Mets have the following numbers against Matt:

• Conforto 5-13, 2B, 4 BB
• Cabrera 3-12, 2B
• Cespedes 2-10, 2B
• Plawecki 2-7, BB
• Bruce 4-8, 2 HR, BB
• Flores 3-9, 2B, 3B
• Gonzalez 4-8, 2B, 3B
• Lagares 2-6

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets find them selves looking to avoid a sweep against the Nationals after the team just could not get the offense going last night. Wheeler gave the Mets a respectable 3 runs over 6.0 innings but the Mets could not take advantage of runners in scoring position as they left a large amount of men on base.

Tonight we look to Steven Matz to put us back on the right path. he is 1-1 over 3 starts and 14.1 innings this year allowing 8 runs, 6 earned from 10 hits and 7 walks while striking out 17. So far this season he has posted a 3.77 ERA, 6.02 FIP, 1.186 WHIP and 104 ERA+. His second start of the year was against the Nationals and it was also his best start of the season where he held Washington to 1 unearned run over 5.0 innings from 3 hits and 2 walks while fanning 8. The Nationals have the following numbers on Matz:

• Rendon 3-14, HR, 8 K
• Taylor 3-12, HR, 2 BB
• Kendrick 2-11
• Turner 2-10, 2B
• Zimmerman 0-11, 2 K
• Wieters 1-6, HR
• Harper 2-11, BB
• Difo 1-2

The Nationals send out Tanner Roark to the hump. Tanner is 1-1 over 3 games and 18.0 innings this season allowing 8 runs, 7 earned, from 12 hits and 6 walks while striking out 18. Over his first three games he has posted a 3.50 ERA, 4.25 FIP, 1.000 WHIP and 115 ERA+. However if you go into his game log, he has been masterful twice this year allowing 1 run over 7.0 against the Braves and 1 run over 6.0 innings against the Rockies, and horrible once – against the Mets. When he faced the Mets 10 days ago he allowed 5 runs on 5 hits and 4 walks in 5.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Roark:

• Bruce 3-16, 2B, 4 BB
• Lagares 3-17, 2 2B, BB
• Cespedes 2-16, 2B
• Conforto 4-12, 2 2B, HR, 3 BB
• Flores 2-13, 2B
• Cabrera 3-10, 2B, HR, 2 BB
• Frazier 2-8, HR, 4 BB
• Nimmo 2-3, HR

Let’s Go Mets!

The good times for the bullpen couldn’t go on forever and ended in calamity last night as the Mets look to bounce back today and take game two of the series with the Nationals. Yesterday the Mets extended a 6-1 lead off a deGrom masterpiece and small ball from a host of players including deGrom on a squeeze play and Lagares while Frazier continued to rake. Everything fell apart in the 8th inning where deGrom lost his steam and 4 Mets relievers just couldn’t get the job done.

The Mets look to show perseverance tonight through Wheeler who picked up a win in his first start of the season where he held the Marlins to 1 run over 7.0 innings from only 2 hits and a walk while striking out 7. In two starts against the Nationals last year, Wheeler held them to 6 runs, 5 earned over 11.2 innings from 9 hits and 6 walks while recording 10 K’s. The Nationals have the following numbers against Zack:

• Rendon 7-20, 3 BB, 4 K
• Harper 4-19, HR, BB, 9 K
• Zimmerman 8-18, 2 HR, BB, 3 K
• Eaton 0-4, BB
• Turner 1-5
• Kendrick 0-3
• Taylor 3-3, 2B
• Weiters 0-3

The Mets bats get to see Gio Gonzalez again who is 1-1 over three starts this season allowing 5 runs, 4 earned over 16.1 innings while striking out 20. In the small season sample, he has a 2.20 ERA, 1.408 WHIP, 2.69 FIP and 72 ERA+. His second start of the season was against the Mets where he held the Amazin’s to only one run off 6 hits and 3 walks in 5.1 innings in a game the Mets eventually won 3-2. The Mets have the following numbers of Gio:

• Lagares 17-44, 3 2B, 3B, HR, 2 BB, 7 K
• Cabrera 8-34, 2 BB
• Brue 6-26, 5 2B, 3 BB
• Flores 5-25, HR, 3 BB
• Gonzalez 2-19, BB
• Reyes 7-19, 2 2B, 2 HR
• Cespedes 7-16, 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB
• Frazier 3-13, 2 2B, 2 BB
• Rosario 0-5
• Confortio 0-2
• Nimmo 0-3

Let’s Go Mets!

For the first time in team history the Mets have won their first 5 series to open up the year and they start another big one tonight as the Nationals come to town. Yesterday the Mets won behind a strong, albeit short, start from Syndergaard and a walk-off homer from Flores. The Mets swept the Nationals earlier in the season at home, so we can assume they are going to come in angry and ready to play.

The Mets will counter the energy that the Nationals come with by a start from Jacob deGrom who is 2-0 over 3 starts and 17.2 innings where he has allowed 7 runs, 6 earned, over 17.2 innings with 18 K’s. Over his first three starts he has a 3.06 ERA, 2.78 FIP, 1.132 WHIP and 125 ERA+. His second start of the season was against the Nationals where he held them to 2 runs, 1 earned, over 4 hits and 3 walks in 6.0 innings of work. The Nationals have the following numbers against Jacob:

• Harper 9-26, 2 2B, HR, 6 BB, 7 K
• Rendon 2-21, 2B, 5 BB, 6 K
• Kendrick 2-23, 3 K
• Taylor 1-21, BB, 11 K
• Zimmerman 5-19, 2 HR
• Turner 5-18, 2B, HR, BB, ( K
• Eaton 4-10, 2 2B

The Mets bats will see Jeremy Hellickson make his first start of the season. The long time Tampa Bay Ray found his way to Arizona in 2015, Philly in 2016 and last year he split time between Philly and Baltimore. In a quest to wear the uniform of all major mid-Atlantic cities, he now finds himself in DC. Last year he was 8-11 over 30 starts and 164.0 innings where he posted a 5.43 ERA, 5.77 FIP, 1.262 WHIP and 78 ERA+. He faced the Mets once last year where he allowed 4 runs off 7 hits and 2 walks in 6.1 innings while striking out 4. The Mets have the following numbers against Hellickson:

• Reyes 12-33, 3 2B, HR, BB
• Gonzalez 5-26, 2 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 4 BB
• Cabera 9-23, 2 2B, HR, 2 BB
• Cespedes 6-19, 3 HR
• Bruce 1-14
• Lobaton 1-11
• Conforto 1-5, 2B
• Lagers 2-5, HR
• Nimmo 2-4, 2B (Who also had a tremendous day at the plate yesterday)
• Flores 1-3, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!