213 Miles From Shea

The Mets attempt to bounce back from last night’s close loss as they play two games against the Braves this afternoon and evening in Queens!

Last night the Mets couldn’t find the big hit with runners in scoring position, faced some missed calls from umpires on their way to a loss. Trevor May, who allowed a big inning to break things open for Atlanta, announced after the game that he didn’t feel right and was going for an MRI. Former Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud got the big hit and former Mets pitcher Colling McHugh shut things down against the Mets – just adding to the story from last night.

In addition to all of that, the Mets found out less than our before game time that Showalter was suspended due to Yoan Lopez throwing at (but not hitting) Kyle Schwarber. The Mets are now 0-2 this season without Showalter.

David Peterson will start things off this afternoon. Over three games and two starts this year Peterson has tossed 14 innings with a 0.64 ERA, 2.72 FIP, 1.000 WHIP and a 595 ERA+. Peterson is coming off of a strong start against the Diamondbacks where he pitched into the 6th inning. So far this season he has tossed 58, 80 and then 65 pitches. Last year against the Braves he allowed nine runs from 13 hits and two walks over 7 2/3 innings. The Braves have the following career numbers against Peterson:

• Ronald Acuna Jr. 1-7, HR, 4 BB, 2 K
• Dansby Swanson 2-9, 4 K
• Marcell Ozuna 0-7, BB, 3 K
• Austin Riley 4-8, 3 2B, 3 K
• Ozzie Albies 2-7
• Travis d’Arnaud 0-5, BB, 3 K
• Adam Duvall 4-5, 2 2B, HR, K

The Mets bats will get their first look this year at Charlie Morton. In four starts and 18 innings this season he has a 7.00 ERA, 5.75 FIP, 1.778 WHIP and a 59 ERA+. He is coming off of a start against the Cubs where he allowed three runs from four hits and four walks over two and a third innings. Morton faced the Mets five times last season, totaling 26 2/3 innings, with a 2.36 ERA and 0.713 WHIP. He struck out 34 Mets batters during that stretch. The Mets have the following numbers against Morton:

• Francisco Lindor 2-24, 2 2B, 8 K
• Dominic Smith 3-12, HR, 4 K
• Starling Marte 2-12, 2 BB, 4 K
• Eduardo Escobar 1-9, BB, 3 K
• Jeff McNeil 2-7, HR, 3 K
• James McCann 1-8, HR, 5 K
• Pete Alonso 2-7, 2B
• Brandon Nimmo 0-6, BB, 2 K
• Mark Canha 1-4, K

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets, winners of a franchise record seven consecutive series to start a season, welcome the Braves to Citi Field tonight. The World Series champs will play four games against the Mets in three games with tomorrow featuring a double header.

This is also the second of four consecutive series the Mets have against NL East opponents (Phillies, Braves, Phillies, Nationals), including 11 games in 10 days. These types of stretches in May can set the tone for the rest of the first half of the season. So far the Mets have thrown a combined no-hitter in and rebounded with a series win after a tough single game loss.

This article is being published before rosters shrink to 26 players. Sean Reid-Foley‘s injury a couple of days ago becomes one roster spot gone the other spot is a bit more difficult for the Mets. Is it going to be Robinson Canó who has played poorly but is owed a lot of money? Is it going to be Dominic Smith who played incredibly well last night, has upside, but also has a minor league option. I’m hoping that Smith stays and Robinson is cut, we’ll find out this afternoon.

Chris Bassitt will open up the series tonight for the Mets. In his first four starts and 24 innings he has a 2.25 ERA, 3.13 FIP, 0.917 WHIP and a 167 ERA+. He had a rough start on April 20th where he allowed five runs out of the six runs he’s allowed all season. He bounced back in his last start holding the Cardinals to two hits and nothing else over six innings. Due to the age of Atlanta’s roster and how the league schedule has been for the last couple of seasons, very few players on the Braves have seen Bassitt in a major league game:

• Travis Demeritte 2-3
• Eddie Rosario 1-3
• Orlando Arcia 0-2
• Marcell Ozuna 0-1, BB

The Mets bats draw Max Fried to start the series. In four starts and 24 innings he has a 3.00 ERA, 2.25 FIP, 0.917 FIP and 138 ERA+. He is currently leading the league in BB/9 at 0.4 (career mark is a 2.7) which means he’s also leading the league in K/BB at an insane 21.00 (career mark is 3.34). In his last two starts he has allowed only one run over 13 innings from 6 hits and no walks while striking out 12.

Fried faced the Mets three times last year pitching a total of 18 innings with a 2.50 ERA. He allowed five runs from 13 hits and six walks while striking out 24 batters. The Mets have the following career numbers against Fried:

• Pete Alonso 4-18, 2 HR, 5 BB, 7 K
• J.D. Davis 4-18, 3 BB, 6 K
• Jeff McNeil 7-20, 3 2B, 5 K
• Brandon Nimmo 2-10, 2B, 3 BB, 5 K
• Starling Marte 3-9, 2B, K
• Francisco Lindor 1-9, HR, 3 K
• James McCann 0-5, 2 BB
• Eduardo Escobar 2-5, 2 K

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets find themselves playing another rubber game as they look to win their 7th consecutive series to start off 2022. Last night the Mets couldn’t move beyond a late Kyle Schwarber bomb, which has been the theme for the last year or so when he plays against the Mets.

Max Scherzer will make the national televised start for the Amazin’s tonight. In four games and 25 innings this season, Max has a 1.80 ERA, 2.01 FIP, 0.760 WHIP and a 206 ERA+. He also has a league leading H/9 rate at 4.0. He’s allowed a total of five runs so far this season, but only two runs in his last 19 innings of work. This includes a five inning start against the Phillies where he allowed only one run from five hits while striking out 7. The Phillies have the following numbers against him:

• Odubel Herrera 16-54, 4 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 6 BB, 10 K
• J.T. Realmuto 6-53, 2B, 3 BB, 16 K
• Jean Segura 9-27, HR, BB, 6 K
• Rhys Hoskins 1-23, 2B, BB, 12 K
• Bryce Harper 3-14, 2 2B, HR, 5 BB, 8 K
• Nick Castellanos 2-11, 2 2B, BB, 4 K
• Didi Gregorius 1-10, 3 K
• Alec Bohm 2-10, 5 K
• Kyle Schwarber 1-6, 4 BB, 3 K

The Mets bats will try to wake themselves up tonight against Zach Eflin. In Eflin’s first four starts this season he has pitched 19 2/3 innings with a 3.20 ERA, 2.95 FIP, 1.119 WHIP and a 121 ERA+. It’s only one month of the season so far but those are all career bests for Eflin. Most of the runs scored on Eflin came from back to back starts in the middle of the month where he allowed 8 runs, only 6 earned, over two starts. He rebounded in his last start against the Rockies where he allowed only one run over six innings.

Last year Eflin faced the Mets twice and allowed only three runs despite the Mets recording 15 hits against him over 12 innings (that really does feel like the 2021 Mets, right?). The Mets have the following career numbers against Eflin:

• Jeff McNeil 6-22, 2 2B, 3B, 2 BB, 3 K
• Pete Alonso 3-15, HR, 3 K
• Dominic Smith 5-15, 3 2B, BB, 5 K
• Brandon Nimmo 1-11, 2 BB, 5 K
• Starling Marte 7-11, 5 2B, HR, K (2.000 OPS)
• Robinson Canó 4-10, HR
• Francisco Lindor 0-7, 2 K
• James McCann 2-6, K
• Eduardo Escobar 1-3, K

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets look to take the series this evening after a historic night at Citi Field.

The Mets threw their second no-hitter, and first combined no-hitter, in team history last night with James McCann catching Tylor Megill, Drew Smith, Joely Rodríguez, Seth Lugo, and Edwin Díaz. Last night’s game is an instant classic for the Mets. The scenes, sounds and all around feelings that Mets fans felt yesterday are now eternal to Mets history.

And the Mets get to play another game tonight, after all of that energy, let’s get to it!

Taijuan Walker returns to the mound tonight! He left his first start after tossing two innings (no runs, no walks, four strikeouts) with a shoulder injury. After the game it was determined to be bursitis and Walker has responded to a cortisone shot well.

His first start was also against the Phillies. Walker gets to face them again tonight and there’s a chance, depending on what the Mets do with the double header against the Braves next week, that Walker’s next start after this one is also against the Phillies. Last season he had a 3.76 ERA over five starts and 26 1/3 innings against the Phillies. The Phillies have the following numbers against Walker:

• Didi Gregorius 4-17, 2B, 3 K
• Bryce Harper 3-15, 2B, HR, BB, 3 K
• Alec Bohm 4-10, 2B, HR, 2 BB, K
• Kyle Schwarber 5-11, 5 HR, BB, 2 K (2.318 OPS)
• J.T. Realmuto 3-10, HR, K
• Jean Segura 3-10, HR, K
• Odubel Herrera 0-8, K
• Rhys Hoskins 1-8, 4 K
• Nick Castellanos 2-7, HR, 3 K

The Mets bats will their first 2022 look at Kyle Gibson today, who is making his fifth start of the season. Over his first four games and 23 1/3 innings he ha a 3.47 ERA, 3.70 FIP, 0.986 WHIP and a 112 ERA+. He had a strong first start of the season where he allowed two hits and no runs over seven innings against the Athletics. Since then he has a 4.96 ERA over 16 1/3 innings. In two starts against the Mets last season, he allowed four runs from 11 hits and five walks over 12 2/3 innings while striking out 12 Mets batters. The Mets have the following numbers against Gibson:

• Francisco Lindor 15-43, 2B, 5 BB, 7 K
• Robinson Canó 8-33, 2B, BB, 3 K
• James McCann 6-25, BB, 6 K
• Mark Canha 0-14, BB, 3 K
• Pete Alonso 0-8, BB, 3 K
• Brandon Nimmo 2-8, 2B, HR, BB, K
• J.D. Davis 1-5, 3 BB, 2 K
• Jeff McNeil 3-8, 2B, HR, K
• Eduardo Escobar 2-4, 2 BB, K
• Dominic Smith 2-5, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets return home tonight after winning six straight series to open up the season. The Mets haven’t faced an NL East opponent since playing the Nationals and Phillies on the road to open the season – and now the Mets will play their next four series against NL East teams (Phillies, Braves, Phillies again, and the Nationals). On top of that, the Mets are about to play 11 games in 10 days before their next scheduled day off.

The Phillies are on a bit of a hot streak themselves, winning their last four games, which has improved their record to 10-10 on the season and they now have a positive run differential (+12). The Mets, who have won seven of their last ten games, have a run differential of +33.

Tylor Megill will get the series started tonight for the Mets. In his first four games this season he has tossed 23 innings with a 2.35 ERA, 2.67 FIP, 0.913 WHIP and a 157 ERA+. This includes his second start of the season which was against Philly. In that game he allowed only three hits and struck out five batters over five and a third innings. No runs. No walks. The Phillies have the following numbers against Megill:

• Bryce Harper 1-4, 2 K
• J.T. Realmuto 1-4, 2B, 3 K
• Odubel Herrera 2-3, 2B, HR
• Jean Segura 1-3
• Alec Bohm 1-2, 2B
• Johan Camargo 1-2
• Nick Castellanos 0-2
• Didi Gregorius 0-2
• Rhys Hoskins 0-2, K
• Kyle Schwarber 0-2

The Mets will face Aaron Nola again tonight! In his first four starts of the season, he has pitched 21 2/3 innings with a 3.74 ERA, 4.27 FIP, 0.877 WHIP and a 103 ERA+. Back on April 13th the Mets scored three runs on Nola from three hits and three walks over three and a third innings. In his first two starts (including the one against the Mets) Nola allowed seven runs over 9 1/3 innings. In his last two starts he has allowed only two runs over 12 1/3 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Nola:

• Brandon Nimmo 10-30, 3B, HR, 11 BB, 12 K (1.012 OPS)
• Dominic Smith 9-36, 6 2B, HR, 15 K
• Jeff McNeil 8-30, 2B, HR, 3 BB, 8 K
• Pete Alonso 11-31, 3 2B, 3 HR, 3 BB, 9 K (1.154 OPS)
• Robinson Canó 4-17, 2B, BB, K
• J.D. Davis 2-12, 2 BB, 6 K
• Francisco Lindor 3-11, 2 2B, BB, 3 K
• Starling Marte 4-12, 5 K
• James McCann 1-9, 4 K
• Eduardo Escobar 1-3, 2B, 2 BB, K

Let’s Go Mets!

For the first time in team history the Mets have won the first six consecutive series to start a season. Today the Mets will go for their first sweep of the season as they finish their series with the Cardinals.

The series so far has had tremendous pitching from both sides as the Mets were able to cobble together three runs yesterday to beat the Cardinals 3-0. The third run was the most controversial – Starling Marte was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. It was the third time a Mets batter was hit by a pitch on the night and the 18th time this season. It also directly followed a scary moment when Alonso got plucked on the head…again.

Carlos Carrasco is on the mound today for the Mets, looking to keep the good times going. In three starts this season he has tossed 18 1/3 innings allowing three runs from nine hits and two walks while striking out 20 batters. He has a 1.47 ERA, 2.80 FIP, 0.600 WHIP and a 255 ERA+. His last start was tremendous as he pitched 7 2/3 innings allowing only two runs from four hits against a strong San Francisco Giants lineup. The Cardinals have the following career numbers against Carrasco:

• Albert Pujols 1-11, BB, 2 K
• Corey Dickerson 0-10, 4 K
• Yadier Molina 2-5, K
• Paul DeJong 0-3, 2 K
• Tommy Edman 0-3, K
• Paul Goldschmidt 2-3, 2B
• Harrison Bader 0-2
• Tyler O’Neill 0-2, K

The Mets will say good bye to the Cardinals today while saying hello to our old friend Steven Matz. Matz was linked to the Mets in rumors this off-season before he eventually signed with the Cardinals. He’s made three starts tossing 13.2 innings allowing eight runs from 19 hits and three walks while striking out 17. That puts his K/9 at 11.2 so far which is fairly above his career mark at 8.6. His season numbers though hide more of the story. In reality Matz just had a really bad first game of the season where he allowed seven runs in three innings to the Pirates. Since then he has allowed only one run over 10 2/3 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Matz:

• Starling Marte 1-12, 4 K
• Eduardo Escobar 3-6, HR, K
• Francisco Lindor 2-6, 2 2B, K
• Pete Alonso 1-3, HR
• Mark Canha 1-2
• J.D. Davis 0-2, BB, K
• Travis Jankowski 0-2, BB
• Brandon Nimmo 1-2, BB, K
• Dominic Smith 0-3, K
• Luis Guillorme 1-2
• James McCann 0-2

Let’s Go Mets!

The 2022 Mets are not your recent Mets clubs.

If you’ve followed the Mets during deGrom’s time, you’ve experienced a dominating pitching performance by a Mets ace and the bats not coming through for them. There was a moment last night where they could have been true – Scherzer tossed seven shutout innings and the Mets immediately gave up two runs in the bottom of the 8th. But, the 2022 Mets are different. The Mets scored five runs in the top of the ninth to take the lead and win the game.

The Mets will now ride the late momentum from last night into their game tonight with the Cardinals. If the Mets win tonight they will secure their sixth straight series win to start the season.

Chris Bassitt will take the mound for the Mets tonight. In his first three starts to the season he has pitched 18 innings allowing six runs from 13 hits and four walks while striking out 20. He has a 3.00 ERA, 3.12 FIP, 0.944 WHIP and a 125 ERA+. He’s coming off of his worst start of the season where he allowed five runs over six innings to the Giants. The Cardinals have the following career numbers against him:

• Albert Pujols 5-12, 2B, HR
• Nolan Arenado 1-2
• Paul DeJong 1-2, 2B
• Paul Goldschmidt 0-1, BB
• Yadier Molina 1-2

The Mets bats draw Jordan Hicks who has pitched in three games and started one this season. Over his seven innings, he has allowed one run and three hits while walking four and striking out eight. His last time out was his first start of the season (4/21) where he pitched three innings, allowing one run, against the Marlins. In his first game this season he tossed 27 pitches, then 35, followed by 46 his last time out so he is getting stretched out. Last season he pitched in ten games as a reliever for the Cardinals and allowed six runs in ten innings of work. He injured his elbow in early May before the Cardinals faced the Mets and didn’t pitch for the rest of the season. The Mets have the following career numbers against him:

• Starling Marte 2-7
• Pete Alonso 1-1
• J.D. Davis 0-1
• Francisco Lindor 0-1, K
• James McCann 0-1
• Jeff McNeil 0-1
• Brandon Nimmo 1-1

Let’s Go Mets!

Tonight the first place New York Mets take on the first place St. Louis Cardinals. The Mets are coming off five consecutive series wins, including taking three of four games from the San Francisco Giants. Now the Mets get their second tough test of the young season.

The five consecutive series wins for the Mets ties the record for the club set by the 2018 team. Anecdotally, the Mets have felt in the games they’ve lost this year, clawing back leads and creating moments late in the game.

Max Scherzer will make his fourth start of the season today. In his first three starts he has tossed 18 innings allowing five runs from 9 hits and seven walks while striking out 23. He has a 2.50 ERA, 2.59 FIP, 0.889 WHIP and a 150 ERA+. In two starts against the Cardinals last year he pitched 14 innings and allowed only one unearned run from ten hits and a walk while striking out 22. The Cardinals have the following numbers against Max:

• Paul Goldschmidt 5-32, BB, 16 K
• Yadier Molina 1-17, 2B, 4 K
• Albert Pujols 1-12, 2B, 3 BB, 3 K
• Paul DeJong 4-13, 2B, BB, 5 K
• Corey Dickerson 5-12, HR, K
• Nolan Arenado 2-10, BB, 5 K
• Harrison Bader 2-10, 2B, 4 K
• Tommy Edman 4-9, 2B, HR, 2 K
• Dylan Carlson 0-7, 4 K

The Mets bats will get a look at Miles Mikolas tonight. In his first three starts he has allowed three runs from 13 hits and three walks over 15 1/3 innings. This equates to a 1.76 ERA, 2.17 FIP, 1.043 WHIP and a 231 ERA+. Mikolas made nine starts last season, totaling 44 2/3 innings, with a 4.23 ERA, 4.40 FIP, 1.209 WHIP and a 92 ERA+. Mikolas did not faced the Mets last season, and the Mets players have the following career numbers against him:

• Starling Marte 5-32, 2B, 2 BB, 6 K
• Robinson Canó 2-6
• Eduardo Escobar 0-6, 2 K
• Travis Jankowski 0-6
• Pete Alonso 0-4
• Brandon Nimmo 0-3, BB, K
• J.D. Davis 0-3
• Jeff McNeil 1-2, BB
• Dominic Smith 0-1, K

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Diamondbacks play a rubber game today to close out the series after the Mets dropped the bullpen game last night. The Mets will be looking their fifth consecutive series win to start the season. The Diamondbacks will be looking to split the season series with the Mets.

Tylor Megill has made three starts and pitched 16 1/3 innings this season. Over that stretch he has allowed four runs from 13 hits and two walks while striking out 15 leading to a 2.20 ERA, 2.36 FIP, 0.918 WHIP and a 170 ERA+. Megill labored through his last start, giving up four runs early but still pushed through to give the Mets six innings (which they desperately needed since it was the first game of a doubleheader). This will be Tylor’s first start against the Diamondbacks in his career and he has not faced anyone on the Diamondback’s roster in a major league game before.

The Mets draw Madison Bumgarner who is pitching in his third season for the Diamondbacks. The long time San Francisco Giant is having a bit of a resurgence this season. So far, over three starts, he has tossed 13.0 innings allowing four runs, only two earned, from eight hits and a ten walks while striking out nine. He has a 1.38 ERA, 4.96 FIP, 1.385 WHIP and 286 ERA+. His WHIP and FIP suggest that his ERA is quite below his expected performance and getting walks are the Mets thing, so it’s interesting to see how this will all play out today.

Last season he made 26 starts and pitched 146 1/3 innings with a 4.67 ERA, 4.63 FIP, 1.182 WHIP and a 91 ERA+. Bumgarner faced the Mets one last season and allowed five runs from eight hits over two innings. He revealed after that game that he was experiencing discomfort and he didn’t make another start until July 16th. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Eduardo Escobar 4-17, 2B, HR, BB, 4 K
• Mark Canha, 2-14, 2B, HR, 2 BB, 5 K
• Starling Marte 1-12, K
• J.D. Davis 2-9, BB
• Jeff McNeil 4-10, 2B, 2 K
• Pete Alonso 3-8, HR, K
• Robinson Canó 1-6, 2B, 2 K
• Travis Jankowski 0-5, K
• James McCann 2-5, HR
• Francisco Lindor 1-2

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets go for the series win this evening in Arizona!

The Mets almost fell apart last night – with almost being the key word. The Diamondbacks staged a late comeback, tied the game in the 9th and forced the game to extra innings but the Mets were able to score in the 10th and lock down their 11th win of the season.

Winning always makes everything better, including what I’m about to tell you – happy first bullpen game of the season! The Mets will play their first bullpen game of the season tonight due to the double-header at the start of the week. Personally, I am still scarred from all of the bullpen games last year but the circumstances surrounding last year are quite different than this year. After the game yesterday, Buck Showalter said everyone is available for tonight’s game except Trevor May.

Trevor Williams will start things off for the Mets tonight. This season he has tossed 1 2/3 innings allowing four hits and two unearned runs while striking out one batter. Last year he pitched in 23 games between the Cubs and the Mets and made 15 starts with 91 innings of work. He posted a 4.35 ERA, 3.88 FIP, 1.495 WHIP and a 96 ERA+. As a Met only he pitched in 10 games, making three starts (32 1/3 innings) with a 3.06 ERA, 2.71 FIP, 1.423 WHIP and a 132 ERA+. Williams last start as a Cub last year was against the Diamondbacks where he allowed no runs from five hits in 6 1/3 innings of work. The Diamondbacks have the following numbers against Williams:

• David Peralta 5-16, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 K
• Nick Ahmed 1-9, HR, 3 K
• Ketel Marte 2-8, 3B
• Carson Kelly 0-6, 2 K
• Christian Walker 1-4, 2B, 2 K
• Luke Weaver 1-4, K
• Pavin Smith 1-3, 2B

The Mets bats draw Humberto Castellanos, making his second start of the season and pitching in his fourth game. So far this season he has allowed one earned run from three hits and a walk over eight innings of work while striking out seven. His only start was last weekend against the Mets where he held the Mets to one hit over four innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Humberto:

• Pete Alonso 0-2
• Mark Canha 0-2, 2 K
• Eduardo Escobar 0-1, BB
• Travis Jankowski 0-2
• Francisco Lindor 0-2
• Starling Marte 0-2, K
• Jeff McNeil 0-1, BB
• Dominic Smith 0-2
• Luis Guillorme 0-0, BB
• James McCann 1-1

Let’s Go Mets!