As you already know by now, today was originally slated for Matz, but as he is sidelined for the next few weeks, at least in the immediate future it looks like the Mets go back to a 5-man rotation and hand the ball to Jon Niese today. Jon has received a lot of criticism over the last 6 weeks, from myself included, but he has turned it on as of late. Overall he is 4-8 over 16 starts and 98.0 innings with a 3.58 ERA. Since June 11th he has tossed 5 games and 35.0 innings with a 2.06 ERA. In a smaller sample, in his last two starts he has logged 15.0 innings with 1 ER. At the start of June he faced the Diamondbacks allowing 3 ER over 6.0 innings and a season high of 8 strikeouts. Arizona has the following numbers against Niese:
- Castillo 2-10, HR
- Goldschmidt 2-8
- Hill 2-8, 2B, HR
- Pollock 4-6, 2B
- Salty 1-6
The Mets bats will get a crack at Rubby De La Rosa who is 6-4 over 17 starts and 106.2 innings with a 4.89 ERA. He is coming off of a rough start where he allowed 6 ER over 5.0 innings which ended a streak of 4 starts where he allowed 2 runs or less (and before that he had a streak of 4 starts where he allowed 4 runs or more). He has made only one career start against the Mets where he allowed 3 ER over 7.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against De La Rosa:
- Cuddyer 0-3
- Duda 0-3
- Murphy 1-3, 2B
- Tejada 2-3
Lets Go Mets!
