The battle for the bottom of the NL East kicks off tonight as the Mets play the Marlins in Miami. The Mets are coming off a loss (shocking) where their starter was good, their hitting was good, but Familia fell apart at the end and the Mets inexplicably didn’t have another option ready to go to get in the game as the Mets allowed the Pirates to score 4 runs in the top of the 9th and win 5-3.
With that as the back drop, Jacob deGrom takes the mound tonight. The fan base has become more and more divided about blowing up the team and trading deGrom or blowing up the team and building around deGrom. Meanwhile, Jacob still pitches. He’s 5-3 over 16 starts and 101.1 innings with a 1.69 ERA (league leading), 2.14 FIP (league leading), 1.007 WHIP and a 224 ERA+ (league leading). He is coming off his worst start in a while allowing 3 runs over 6.0 innings and it is worth remember that two runs came in after a bad call by the umpire. The first time he faced the Marlins this year in April he allowed 4 runs over 6.0 innings, his worst start of the year, and the second time he faced the fish he held them scoreless over 7.0 innings. The Marlins have the following numbers against him:
- Dietrich 4-21, BB, 11 K
- Bour 9-19, 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 6 K
- Castro 6-18, BB
- Realmuto 3-16, 5 K
- Prado 3-13, 2B, BB, 5 K
- Maybin 0-1o, BB
The Mets bats will see Sandy Alcantara’s 2018 debut today. Last year in 8 games and no starts he allowed 6 runs, 4 earned, in 8.1 innings of work from 9 hits and 6 walks when he was a member of the Cardinals. He was traded to the Marlins on December 14th in the deal that sent Ozuna to St. Louis. In the minors this year, he has posted a 3.71 ERA over 85.0 innings and 14 starts including a 1.271 WHIP, 7.8 H/9, 6.8 K/9 and a 1.88 K/BB.
Let’s Go Mets!
