Last night’s game was a microcosm of this season for the Mets. The Mets got out to a 5-1 lead, thanks to a bases clearing double by Wilmer Flores. Gsellman was good, but not great (a microcosm for our starting pitching) and was taken out of the game after 6 (another part of the microcosm). Terry then blew through several relievers relying more on lefty/righty matchups then recent performance (yet another part of the microcosm) working in a ton of players (yet again, another part). The Mets then loaded the bases down a run with no outs in the 9th and didn’t anything with it. Also Conforto got on a base a bunch during this game, a positive theme for the season.
Jacob deGrom will try to help the Mets forget about as he takes the mound to help the Mets take the series. He’s 3-1 over 9 starts and 55.2 innings this year with a 3.56 ERA, 3.23 FIP and 1.311 WHIP. He’s coming off of his best start of the season where he pitched 7.0 innings, allowing 4 hits and 3 walks with 9 strikeouts and no runs. He was 0-1 in two starts against the Padres last year allowing 11 hits and 2 walks in 12.0 innings leading to 4 runs and 11 K’s. The Padres have the following numbers against deGrom:
Solarte 1-9, HRMyers 1-6, HRAybar 0-4d’Arnaud 0-4Szczur 1-1
In a late afternoon announcement, near game time (a trend this year), the Mets have announced that Rafael Montero will be starting tonight due to weather concerns for deGrom. On the positive side, the Mets won’t have a situation (against the Padres, again thank you 2015) to send a pitcher BACK out to pitch after a rain delay that they need to keep healthy and the Mets won’t have a situation where a main piece of the starting rotation could possibly make a meaningless start. On the downside, it means we get the unpredictability (unreliability?) of Montero. Montero is 0-3 this year over 12 games and 1 start in 16.2 innings of work with a 8.10 ERA, 5.38 FIP and 2.520 WHIP. His last two seasons he has posted an above 2 WHIP which tells the story of Monetero. The only current Padre who has seen him in a game is Solarte, who is 1-2 with a homer and a walk.
The Mets bats will see Dinelson Lamet make his major league debut tonight. The 24 year old has spent the entire year so far in El Paso where he is 3-2 over 8 starts with a 3.23 ERA and a 1.333 WHIP over 39.0 innings. Last year he was 12-10 with a 3.36 ERA and 1.247 WHIP over 150.0 innings across three levels of minor league ball (advanced A, AA and AAA). He actually has moved pretty quickly since starting professional ball with the Padres (probably due to his age). He first pitched in the Dominican Summer league in 2014 at 21 years old and the next year moved to low A at Fort Wayne. The following year, last year, was when he skyrocketed through the system and now he’s making his debut in Queens.
Let’s Go Mets!
