The Mets come off a 1-0 win against the Pirates on Sunday where Wheeler did it all and head into DC where the season is slipping away from the Nationals. The Mets could be having a busy day pretty much right up to game time with the trade deadline or the Mets team could remain mostly intact. Here’s hoping something doesn’t happen that invalidates this preview between when I wrote it and first pitch!
Steven Matz is 5-8 over 20 games and 107.0 innings with a 3.79 ERA, 4.76 FIP, 1.262 WHIP and 100 ERA+. He’s coming off back to back rough starts where he allowed 9 runs over 11.0 innings from 12 hits and 3 walks. Before that he faced the Nationals where he allowed 3 runs over 6.1 innings from 8 hits and 2 walks. The Nationals have the following numbers against Matz:
- Taylor 4-17, HR, 2 BB, 7 K
- Harper 2-15, 2 BB
- Rendon 5-17, 3 HR, 8 K
- Turner 2-16, 2B, BB
- Zimmerman 1-13, HR
- Murphy 4-11, 2B, HR, BB
- Mark Reynolds 4-11, 3 2B
The Mets bats will get a look at Tanner Roark who is 4-12 (league leading in losses) from 21 games, 20 starts in 122.2 innings with a 4.55 ERA, 4.27 FIP, 1.337 WHIP, and a 93 ERA+. He is coming off one his best starts of the season where he allowed no runs over 8.0 innings before that posted an 8.31 ERA over 6 games and 30.1 innings. One of those starts was against the Mets where he allowed 4 runs from 8 hits and 2 walks in 5.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Roark:
- Conforto 4-17, 2 2B, HR, 4 BB
- Flores 3-15, 2B
- Reyes 3-12, 2 BB
- Mesoraco 1-8
- Nimmo 4-6, HR
- Rosario 1-7, 3B
- Jackson 3-4
Let’s Go Mets!
