The Mets will end their 2017 season this afternoon against the Phillies. This season was not what we expected, no dominant rotation, no play-off appearance, no new banners but come tomorrow morning, at 5:15 AM, I’ll still be sad when I sit down to write the game preview and there are no probable pitchers, no new players to look out for, no optimism and pessimism until Spring Training.
Anyway, the Mets had a good game last night! They beat the Phillies in extras thanks to a 3-run homer by Cabrera thus guaranteeing a win total for the season in the 70’s and not the 60’s. Today they will go for win 71 behind Noah Syndergaard who will pitch for one inning and then probably every other pitcher in the bullpen. Maybe the game will be over by the time Opening Day 2018 rolls around.
Noah Syndergaard is 1-2 over 6 starts this season and 28.1 innings with a 3.18 ERA, 1.21 FIP and 1.049 WHIP. Last Saturday he returned and threw a very quick inning where he allowed 1 out and got a double play, then Harvey came on and things unraveled. Last time he faced the Phillies was on 4/20 where he allowed 5 runs, 3 earned over 7.0 innings with no walks and 10 strikeouts. The Phillies have the following numbers against Thor:
- Herrera 1-16
- Galvis 4-14, 2B, 2 HR
- Hernandez 1-10, 3 BB
- Franco 4-12, 2B
- Rupp 1-9, 5 K
- Altherr 1-6
- Joseph 2-3, 2B
The Mets bats will deal Nick Pivetta who is 7-10 over 25 starts and 128.0 innings with a 6.26 ERA, 4.90 FIP and 1.516 WHIP. In his last two starts he has allowed 2 ER over 12 innings with 9 hits and 3 walks. His first start against the Mets this year was splendid allowing 1 run off 1 hit in 7.0 innings. His next two starts against the Mets were splendid, for the Mets. In one game he allowed 6 runs, 5 earned, over 4.2 innings and then in his next start he allowed 6 runs off 10 hits in 5.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Nick:
- Cabrera 3-6, 2B
- Nimmo 0-4
- Aoki 1-4
- Reyes 1-5
- Smith 2-5, 2B
- d’Arnaud 2-3, HR
- Lagares 1-3, 2B
- Reynolds 0-2
- Rosario 2-2
Let’s Go Mets!
