Last night was a rough one for the Mets last night. Jacob deGrom struggled early, allowing 3 runs in the first inning (and it didn’t help that even when he started to pitch to get outs, the defense started to fall apart). The Mets would eventually lose the game 4-3, so the first inning ended up being the inning that sank them.
However the real story of the series comes tonight as Noah Syndergaard is set to make his major league debut. Coming into the season, he is the #11 prospect in Baseball America, #10 prospect according to MLB.com and #9 prospect in Baseball Prospectus. Syndergaard came to the Mets organization as part of the R.A. Dickey deal (but you all already know that). This season he has really turned it on in the PCL, a league notorious for being tough on pitchers, pitching to a 3-0 record over 5 games with a 1.82 ERA over 29.2 innings. He is also coming off of a game where he had three hits with his bat including a double and homer that both went over 400 feet.
The Mets bats will get a crack at Jake Arrieta. Jake is 3-3 on the season over 6 games with a 3.41 ERA over 37.0 innings. May has been rough for Jake where he has allowed 8 ER over 10.1 innings over 2 starts. Prior to May, Arrieta had a 2.02 ERA in 4 starts in April. Last year he was very good against the Mets allowing only 1 ER over 11.2 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Jake:
- Granderson 9-25, 2B, 3B, 3 HR
- Duda 3-6
- Cuddyer 2-6
- Murphy 1-6
- Lagares 0-3
- Flores 1-2
Lets Go Mets!
