213 Miles From Shea

The Mets go for their sixth straight win and second straight series this afternoon against the Nationals. The Mets are about to depart on a tough, 10 game road trip but before they head to the airport they have one more thing left to do – beat the Nationals again.

Last night the Mets fired on all cylinders, crushing the Nationals 10-0 behind good hitting and pitching. Carlos Carrasco looks to keep the good pitching going as he makes his 10th start of the season. So far he has pitched 52 innings with a 3.98 ERA, 2.81 FIP, 1.154 WHIP and a 99 ERA+. He is coming off of a roughs tart against the Phillies where he allowed five runs from six hits and a walk in 5 2/3 innings. Carrasco has faced the Nationals twice this season, the first time he allowed one run over 5 2/3 and the second time he allowed two runs over 6 2/3. The Nationals have the following numbers against him:

• Alcides Escobar 9-42, 2B, 6 K
• Nelson Cruz 13-35, 5 HR, BB, 11 K
• Dee Strange GOrdon 3-14, BB, 2 K
• Josh Bell 5-12, 2B, 3 K
• Maikel Franco 3-11, 2 2B, K
• Cesar Hernandez 0-6, 3 K
• Juan Soto 0-5, BB, K
• Victor Robles 1-5, 2 K

Evan Lee will make his major league debut for the Nationals this afternoon. The Nationals DFA’d Aaron Sanchez over the weekend, creating an opening in their rotation. They also have Strasburg on the way, the so it is unclear how long Lee will stay in the rotation. Lee was drafted by the Nationals in 2018 and has played in the Rookie League, the New York Penn League, High A East and Double A (he has not pitched a game at Triple A yet). For Harrisburg this season he has made seven starts, totaling 30.0 innings with a 3.60 ERA and 1.333 WHIP. His last four outings he has made it to the fifth inning or later, topping out at 65 pitches – which gives us an approximate idea of his maximum length for today.

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets look to take the series against the Nationals tonight and stretch their winning streak to five games! Last night the Nationals got to David Peterson early, scoring three runs in the first inning. The Mets immediately came back scoring twice in the first, then four times, then three times, then three times again. By the end of the night the Mets scored 13 times on 16 hits including three hit nights from Starling Marte, Francisco Lindor and Nick Plummer.

Trevor Williams will make another start for the Mets while their starting pitchers continue to come back from injuries. He’s pitched eight times for the Mets this year, including three starts, totaling 22 2/3 innings with a 4.37 ERA, 3.58 FIP, 1.235 WHIP and a 91 ERA+. He last pitched in relief against the Giants, allowing a hit over 3 2/3 innings of work. Trevor has faced the Nationals twice this year. His first outing of the year was against them, where he allowed two runs in an inning of relief, picking up the loss. The next month he pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings against the Nationals, holding them to two hits and a walk. The Nationals have the following career numbers against Williams:

• Juan Soto 1-13, 4 BB, 2 K
• Cesar Hernandez 2-9, 2 BB, 2 K
• Victor Robles 0-8, 2 K
• Maikel Franco 3-9, 2B, K
• Josh Bell 2-6, 2B, HR, BB, K
• Nelson Cruz 2-4, BB, K
• Dee Strange-Gordon 0-5, K

The Mets bats will get another look at Patrick Corbin. Over 10 games and 50.0 innings, Corbin has a 6.30 ERA, 4.52 FIP, 1.660 WHIP and a 62 ERA+. His last strong start was against the Mets, where he held the Mets scoreless over five innings despite allowing three hits and four walks. The Mets eventually won that game 4-2. Since then he has allowed 13 runs from 21 hits and five walks over 17 1/3 innings (three starts). That translates into a 6.75 ERA and a 6.66 FIP. The Mets have the following career numbers against Corbin:

• Pete Alonso 11-32, 2 2B, 4 HR, 6 BB, 11 K
• J.D. Davis 10-32, 3 2B, 4 HR, 4 BB, 8 K
• Starling Marte 8-30, 2 2B, 2 BB, 7 K
• Jeff McNeil 5-22, 2 BB, 10 K
• Francisco Lindor 6-20, 2B, 5 K
• Eduardo Escobar 3-12, 2B, HR, K
• Mark Canha 1-7, BB, K
• Dominic Smith 3-4, 2 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The 2022 Mets finally completed a three game sweep! The New York Mets, who have been playing good baseball the entire season really took the baseball idiom “just keeping winning two out of three” to heart so far this season – as they have basically literally just done that. Nick Castellanos last night hit a three run homer late in the game to put the Phillies in the lead and the game looked more like “hey the Mets won two out of three”. Plummer then hit a solo shot to tie it and Eduardo Escobar won the game in the 10th. These Mets!

Anyway, the Nationals come to town today with the New York Mets still flying high on the excitement of last night. David Peterson will get the start today. So far in five games, four starts, this season he has pitched 25.0 innings with a 2.16 ERA, 3.62 FIP, 1.000 WHIP and a 182 ERA+. He rejoined the Mets rotation his last time out against the Giants and held them to two runs and three hits over six innings. Peterson made one start against the Nationals last season where he held them to one run from two hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings of work. The Nationals have the following career numbers against Peterson:

• Juan Soto 1-4, 2B, 2 BB, 2 K
• Victor Robles 0-3, BB
• Luis Garcia 0-3, K
• Josh Bell 0-2
• Maikel Franco 1-2, 2B, K
• Carter Kieboom 0-2, K
• Joe Ross 0-1

The Mets bats will get another look at Erick Fedde. Over nine starts and 45 2/3 innings this year, Fedde has posted a 3.55 ERA, 4.17 FIP, 1.380 WHIP and a 110 ERA+ (all career bests so far). This is due to his month of May where he allowed six runs from 21 hits and 14 walks over five starts and 27 2/3 innings. That translates into a 1.95 ERA and a 3.93 FIP. His first start of the season was against the Mets who scored twice off of five hits and two walks over five innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Fedde:

• Brandon Nimmo 5-22, 3 BB, 4 K
• Pete Alonso 6-14, 2 2B, 4 BB, 2 K
• Dominic Smith 2-17, 2 BB, 3 K
• Jeff McNeil 6-14, 2B, 2 BB, K
• Francisco Lindor 3-12, HR, BB, K
• Eduardo Escobar 3-10, 2B, K
• Luis Guillorme 2-5, 2 BB, K
• Starling Marte 1-6, 2B, K
• Mark Canha 2-2

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets go for the sweep tonight!

The Mets took an early 1-0 lead last night and the Phillies came right back and made it 2-1. The Mets opened the floodgates and won 8-2. Now the Mets go for the series sweep tonight against an old friend in Zack Wheeler on national television.

Chris Bassitt gets the start for the Amazin’s today. Over nine starts and 53.0 innings he has a 3.91 ERA, 4.54 FIP, 1.208 WHIP and a 100 ERA+. He is coming off of his worst start of the year against the Giants, where he allowed eight runs over 4 1/3 innings (this was that wild game the Mets eventually lost 12-13). In his last two starts he has allowed 12 runs over 10 2/3 innings. To put that in perspective, he has only allowed 23 runs the entire season. Bassitt has faced the Phillies once already this year and held them to one run over 5 2/3 innings from five hits and walk in Philadelphia. The Phillies have the following career numbers against him:

• Nick Castellanos 7-17, 3 2B, HR, BB
• Kyle Schwarber 3-6, 2B, K
• Garrett Stubbs 0-5
• Alec Bohm 1-3
• Bryce Harper 0-3, 2 K
• Rhys Hoskins 1-3, 2B, K
• Jean Segura 1-2, HR, BB

Zack Wheeler has pitched eight games and 45 1/3 innings this year with a 3.38 ERA, 2.33 FIP, 1.147 WHIP and a 118 ERA+. Wheeler is coming off of his first double digit strikeout game of the season against the Braves where he held them to two runs from eight hits over 6 2/3 innings while striking out 10. In general, he’s seen a huge improvement in strikeouts from April to May. In April he struck out 18 batters over four starts. Over four starts in May he has struck out 33 batters. Wheeler has faced the Mets once this season, back on April 12th, where he held the Mets to one run from two hits over 4 2/3 innings, in a game the Mets eventually won 2-0. The Mets have the following numbers against Wheeler:

• Brandon Nimmo 8-28, 2 2B, HR, 5 K
• Jeff McNeil 3-21, BB, 6 K
• Pete Alonso 7-18, 2B, 3 K
• Dominic Smith 8-20, 2B, 5 K
• Francisco Lindor 4-14, 2B, 2 K
• J.D. Davis 5-13, 2 2B, HR, 5 K
• Eduardo Escobar 2-10, BB, 3 K
• Starling Marte 2-10, 2B, K

Let’s Go Mets!

Last night was like if the Mets were possessed by the San Francisco Giants. The Mets got out to an early 7-0 lead and seemed to be in cruise control until the 6th inning. Carrasco gave up a couple of soft hits and the Phillies were in business. They kept the line moving and scored six runs. The Mets were able to claw another run out in the next frame, and held on for the 8-6 victory.

Now the Mets look to take the series against Philly tonight with Taijuan Walker on the mound. Over his first six starts and 30 innings he has a 2.70 ERA, 3.71 FIP, 1.167 WHIP, and a 146 ERA+. He’s coming off of one of his best starts of the season where he allowed no runs over seven innings (second time this month!) from five hits and two walks while striking out 6.

Walker has faced the Phillies a lot this year. Over his first two starts (separated by 19 days from an injury he suffered in his first start) he allowed no runs over seven innings from two hits and two walks. Then in his next start, in Philly, he allowed seven runs, six earned, over four innings from nine hits and two walks. To put that in perspective, he’s allowed ten total runs this season. Seven were in that one start. The Phillies have the following numbers against Walker:

• Bryce Harper 5-20, 2 2B, 2 HR, BB, 4 K
• Didi Gregorius 4-19, 2B, 3 K
• Alec Bohm 6-15, 2B, HR, 2 BB, K
• Kyle Schwarber 6-15, 2B, 5 HR, 2 BB, 3 K (1.973 OPS)
• J.T. Realmuto 4-13, HR, BB, 2 K
• Jean Segura 5-14, HR, K
• Rhys Hoskins 1-12, BB, 4 K
• Nick Castellanos 4-12, 2 HR, 3 K

The Mets bats will get a look at Zach Eflin who might be having his best season in the majors. Over seven starts and 37 innings he has a 3.65 ERA, 2.95 FIP, 1.135 WHIP and a 110 ERA+. Since facing the Mets at the start of May he has allowed three runs over 13 innings from nine hits and two walks while striking out 17 batters. That start against the Mets though wasn’t pretty (well, depending on your perspective, we are Mets fans after all). He gave up six runs, five earned from eight hits and a walk in 4 1/3 innings, a game the Mets eventually won 10-6. The Mets have the following career numbers against Zach:

• Jeff McNeil 8-25, 3 2B, 3B, 2 BB, 3 K
• Pete Alonso 3-17, HR, BB, 3 K
• Dominic Smith 7-17, 4 2B, BB, 5 K
• Brandon Nimmo 1-14, 2 BB, 5 K
• Starling Marte 7-13, 5 2B, HR, K
• Francisco Lindor 1-10, 4 K
• Luis Guillorme 2-7, 2B
• Eduardo Escobar 3-5, K

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets try to shake off their second series loss of the year while they welcome the Phillies to Citi Field tonight. The Mets are coming off of a wild road trip that involved snow in Colorado and a crazy back and forth loss in San Francisco a few days ago. The Phillies are coming off of a four game series split with the Braves.

Carlos Carrasco looks to give the Mets a step back to normalcy tonight. He has a 3.50 ERA, 2.94 FIP, 1.144 WHIP and a 112 ERA+ over eight starts and 46 1/3 innings. In his last start he allowed only one run over 5 1/3 innings against the Rockies, allowing seven hits and only one run. This will be Carrasco’s first start against the Phillies this season. Last season he made one start against the Phillies and held them to two runs from five hits and two walks in six innings of work. The Philies have the following career numbers against Carrasco:

• Nick Castellanos 10-46, 4 2B, 3 BB, 14 K
• Didi Gregorius 3-16, 2B, 3 K
• Jean Segura 7-16, 2B, 3 HR, 3 K
• Bryce Harper 1-6, BB, K
• J.T. Realmuto 2-7, 2 K
• Odubel Herrera 1-3
• Kyle Schwarber 0-3, K
• Rhys Hoskins 0-1, BB, K

The Mets draw Bailey Falter for his second start of the season. Over five games, mostly in relief, Falter has pitched 12.0 innings with a 3.75 ERA, 4.64 FIP, 1.250 WHIP and a 109 ERA+. His last outing was his first start of the season and it went well, allowing only one run from five hits over 4 2/3 innings. Most notably in that start, he tossed 65 pitches, where previously he hit around 30 pitches three times. This includes an outing against the Mets where he tossed 32 pitches over two innings allowing a run off of a hit and a walk. The Mets have the following numbers against Falter:

• Pete Alonso 0-1
• Mark Canha 0-1
• Eduardo Escobar 1-1, 3B
• Francisco Lindor 0-0, BB
• Starling Marte 0-1
• Brandon Nimmo 0-1, K

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Giants played a wild game last night in San Francisco. The Giants had a huge lead early the Mets scored 10 runs in the final three frames to the lead (including a seven run eighth inning). However they couldn’t hold onto the lead in the bottom of the ninth and ended up losing the game 13-12. The Mets will play a late afternoon game today to decide the series.

Thomas Szapucki will make his 2022 debut with the Mets today! He pitched in one game last season, his only major league game, where he allowed six runs from seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. About a month after his major league debut, he was sidelined for the rest of the season recovering from ulnar nerve transposition surgery. This year in the minors he has started seven games, tossing 22 innings with a 2.86 ERA and a 1.318 WHIP. In his last start he was used only for one inning, probably in preparation for being called up today. Before that he had a three start stretch where he tossed 71, 67 and 70 pitches which lead to four innings, four innings and five innings of work. That’s a useful barometer to figure out his limit this afternoon.

The Mets bats will get a look at Jakob Junis today. The long time Royal signed this off-season with the Giants and is off-season. Over five games and three starts, he has pitched 26 2/3 innings with a 2.70 ERA, 3.65 FIP, 1.013 WHIP and a 151 ERA+. As a starter only he has pitched 16 2/3 innings with a 4.32 ERA and 4.99 FIP. He missed the Mets earlier this season and the Mets as a whole haven’t faced Junis a whole lot:

• Francisco Lindor 18-36, 3 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 14 RBI, 2 K, .500/.500/1.056
• Eduardo Escobar 1-6, HR, 5 K
• Mark Canha 2-5, 2B, HR, BB, K
• Pete Alonso 1-3, K
• Luis Guillorme 0-3

Let’s Go Mets!

I wake up before 5 AM during the work week, so when the Mets and Giants play, it’s as if the game was played on a different planet. I generally have little to no insight as to how the game is going until I wake up in the morning. The last thing I remember before going to sleep last night was a notification about Brandon Crawford hitting a two run homer, giving the Giants a 2-0 lead.

This is all to say, I was extremely surprised when I woke up and saw the Mets won 13-3 while recording 18 hits. This included homers from Pete, Jeff and Mark. J.D. Davis, who has struggled so far this season, went 4-5 at the plate! And now the Mets are in position to take another series this year with a win against the Giants tonight.

Chris Bassitt looks to make that happen for the Mets. Over eight games and 48 2/3 innings this year he has a 2.77 ERA, 3.80 FIP, 1.089 WHIP and 140 ERA+. He’s coming off of a start where he allowed four runs and nine hits (season high) against the Cardinals. His worst start this season was against the Giants, so he’ll be searching for revenge tonight. In that start he allowed five runs from eight hits over six innings. The Giants have the following career numbers against him:

• Tommy La Stella 3-12, 2B, BB, 2 K
• Brandon Belt 2-9, HR, BB, 3 K
• Brandon Crawford 4-9, 2B, HR, BB, K
• Evan Longoria 1-8, 3 K
• Wilmer Flores 1-6, K
• Darin Ruf 1-5, BB, 2 K
• Mike Yastrzemski 2-6, 3 K
• Joc Pederson 2-3, 2B, K

The Mets bats get to see Logan Webb again tonight. Webb has pitched eight games and 48 1/3 innings with a 3.54 ERA, 3.11 FIP, 1.262 WHIP and a 112 ERA+. Since his second start of the season this year, Webb has tossed 34 1/3 innings and allowed 17 runs (4.46 ERA). This includes a start against the Mets where he allowed three runs over 3 2/3 innings from six hits and three walks. The Mets have the following career numbers against him:

• Eduardo Escobar 3-11, 2B, 3 K
• Mark Canha 3-7, 2 HR, 2 BB, 3 K
• Brandon Nimmo 0-6, BB, 2 K
• Pete Alonso 1-5, HR, BB, K
• Starling Marte 2-5
• Jeff McNeil 0-5
• J.D. Davis 1-3, K
• Patrick Mazeika 1-2, BB, K
• Dominic Smith 2-3
• Luis Guillorme 1-1, BB
• Francisco Lindor 2-2, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets won another series yesterday with their 2-0 win in Colorado. The Mets, who now have an 8 game lead, will now open up a series with the Giants in San Francisco. When the two teams met up last time in Queens the Giants were 7-2 and only a half game out of first place. The Mets took 3 of 4 games, serving as a statement series for the ball club. The Giants are now 22-18 and have currently lost four games in a row. They know the Mets are hurting right now and will do everything they can to take advantage and reverse their fortunes.

David Peterson gets the start for the Mets this evening. In the majors this year he has pitched four games, three starts, totaling 19 innings with a 1.89 ERA, 3.36 FIP, 1.105 WHIP and a 207 ERA+. His last outing on May 3rd was his roughest so far in the majors this year, allowing four runs, three earned, over five innings against the Braves. Since then he has allowed no runs from seven hits over two starts and 11 innings in the minors. Only two players on the Giants roster have seen Peterson in a major league game before:

• Kevin Padlo 1-3, 2B, 2 K
• Thairo Estrada 1-2, K

The Mets draw the veteran Alex Cobb for the series opener. Over six games and 25 2/3 innings he has a 5.61 ERA, 2.67 FIP, 1.519 WHIP and a 71 ERA+. He is coming off of an incredibly rough start in Colorado that completely blew up his season stats. He allowed seven runs from 10 hits over 5 1/3 innings. Before that start his ERA was sitting at 3.98 from 9 earned runs on the season. Against the Mets this year he allowed four runs, three earned over 4 1/3 innings from six hits and no walks. The Mets have the following numbers against Cobb:

• Eduardo Escobar 4-13, HR, BB, 5 K
• Francisco Lindor 3-10, 4 K
• Mark Canha 1-6, 2 K
• Starling Marte 2-4, 2B
• Jeff McNeil 1-3, 2B
• Brandon Nimmo 0-3, 3 K
• Pete Alonso 0-2
• Travis Jankowski 1-2
• J.D. Davis 1-2

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Rockies split their doubleheader yesterday, forcing a rubber game today! The Mets are looking to avoid dropping their second series of the year and are going to try to channel the vibes from the first game yesterday where they scored early and had threats to score often.

Taijuan Walker gets the start for the Mets. Over five starts and 23 innings this year, he has a 3.52 ERA, 4.09 FIP, 1.217 WHIP and a 111 ERA+. This will be his first start this season against a team whose primary color isn’t red (three starts against the Phillies, one start each against the Nationals and Cardinals). After shutting out the Nationals on the 12th over seven innings, Walker allowed three runs over five innings against the Cardinals in a game the Mets eventually lost 4-3. The Rockies have the following numbers against Walker:

• Charlie Blackmon 4-18, 2 BB, 4 K
• Kris Bryant 3-7, HR, K
• C.J. Cron 1-9, K
• José Iglesias 3-7, 2B, BB
• Randal Grichuk 0-4, BB, 2 K

The Mets bats will get a look at Austin Gomber. Gomber has made seven starts and pitched 39 innings this season with a 4.38 ERA, 4.45 FIP, 1.231 WHIP and a 104 ERA+. In his last twos tarts he has allowed eight earned runs from nine hits and five walks while pitching 11 1/3 innings. Gomber did face the Mets last season, his first with the Rockies, in Queens. He went deep into the game, eight innings, allowing two runs from four hits and an no walks while striking out eight. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Francisco Lindor 1-5, K
• Eduardo Escobar 0-3
• Tomás Nido 0-3, K
• Dominic Smith 0-3, 2 K
• Travis Jankowski 1-2, 2B
• Patrick Mazeika 1-1

Let’s Go Mets!