With Marcus Stroman opting out, David Peterson is no longer pitching for a spot in the rotation. Let's hope he doesn't get complacent but instead looks to mimic Jacob deGrom's daytime success.
Seth Lugo can't go into the rotation because he's not stretched out but Robert Gsellman, who's thrown a total of *1* IP since August 12, 2019 - there's no problem starting him. It's madness. At least Andres Gimenez gets the start over Amed Rosario.
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Rick Porcello gave the Mets their best performance from a starting pitcher since their day off but the bats took the night off, resulting in a 2-1 loss to the Nationals Tuesday night. Porcello gave up a run in each of the first two innings but settled in to go six innings on the night. [...]
Both Alonso and Rosario getting the night off. Can Porcello turn in two consecutive strong starts?
By all means, let's bat the guy with a .226 AVG and a .226 OBP first in the order. The law of averages indicate he's due to get on base any day now.
https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/1292898832724918280 Marcus Stroman has opted out. So much for being one sim game away from a return. This hurts much more than Yoenis Cespedes leaving.
Jacob deGrom has a lifetime 2.61 ERA but against the Marlins, he has a 3.26 mark, the highest of any opponent he's faced at least 10 ties. Let's hope the fact that this is a day game trumps the fact that he's facing the Marlins. In 55 day games covering 350 IP, deGrom is 25-11 [...]
With Michael Wacha's poor outing yesterday, David Peterson gets the chance to provide a nice contrast with a strong outing today in his continuing audition for a full-time starter's job.
An example of a thing I didn't expect to say -- The Mets host the first-place Marlins. Miami has had the benefit of playing the Orioles four times and also is 3-0 in one-run games.
Neither Jeff McNeil nor Amed Rosario are in the starting lineup for tonight's 6:05 start. But we get to see the Mets debut of Billy Hamilton, who will follow Luis Guillorme in the order and bat ninth.
So, the bullpen's been bad but we're kind of used to that by now. But how poorly the starters are performing is something we haven't seen in awhile. Through 12 games, the starters have a 4.58 ERA. While it's silly to compare 12 games to full seasons, the Mets had a 4.50 or greater ERA [...]