The Mets have had a frustrating past two days where they lost two games against a glorified Triple A team, which speaks volumes about our team as well. Last night the Mets made a late move to start Montero instead of deGrom due to the rain, but the game ended up happening anyway and the Mets ended up losing. At least it allows the Mets to skip Milone’s spot in the rotation this weekend without needing to tax the pen or tap Las Vegas again.
Jacob deGrom is 3-1 over 9 starts and 55.2 innings with a 3.56 ERA, 3.23 FIP and 1.311 WHIP. He is coming off of his best start of the season where he allowed 4 hits and 3 walks over 7.0 innings while striking out 9. Last year he made back to back starts against the Padres going 0-2 allowing 5 runs off 12 hits and 1 walk in 12.0 innings of work while striking out 18 batters. The Pirates have the following numbers against deGrom:
- McCutchen 3-11, BB
- Mercer 3-11
- Jaso 1-9, 2B
- Harrison 1-8
- Stewart 2-4
- Nicasio 1-2
- Marinez 0-1
Chad Kuhl is 1-4 this season over 9 starts and 40.0 innings with a 5.85 ERA, 3.78 FIP and 1.600 WHIP. He had two bad starts in a row in May totaling 10 runs over 9.0 innings with 16 hits and 3 walks. He rebounded in his last start allowing only 1 hit and 2 walks over 5.0 innings of work and no runs (by far his best start of the season). This has pretty much been Kuhl’s season. He lasts between 4-5 innings (reaching 6 or 6+ twice, both near the start of April) and he’s generally right around average. He also has games when he completely blows up. Chad has never faced the Mets or anyone on the Mets roster.
Let’s Go Mets!
