The weather this weekend looks like summer in Queens. Sunny days. Temperatures possibly in the 90’s.
And the Mets game tonight is under threat due to snow.
The Mets head to Denver to start a three game set with the Rockies. Temperatures are supposed to hit the 40’s today and then drop into the upper 20’s tonight with rain turning into snow showers. The National Weather Service has put out a Winter Storm Warning for four inches to 12 inches. Tonight’s game is in jeopardy.
If the Mets are able to play tonight, Carlos Carrasco will take the mound. Over seven starts and 41 innings this year he has a 3.73 ERA, 3.00 FIP, 1.122 WHIP and a 104 ERA+. He struggled in his last start, allowing four runs over 4 1/3 innings from eight hits and a walk. It was only the second time this season that he allowed anything above two runs to score. Between coming over from Cleveland last year and missing when the Mets played the Rockies, very few players on the Rockies roster have seen him in a major league game:
- José Iglesias 11-33, 6 2B, 3 BB, 8 K
- Kris Bryant 2-9, HR, 4 K (Returning from Injured List this series)
- C.J. Cron 4-7, 2 2B, HR, K
- Randal Grichuk 2-7, 2 2B
The Mets bats will get a look at Germán Márquez tonight. Márquez is off to a rough start this year posting a 6.16 ERA, 4.76 FIP, 1.526 WHIP and a 74 ERA+ over seven games and 38 innings. That being said, he has started to knock down his ERA in his last start, tossing back to back games allowing only three earned runs in six innings of work. He was pretty good against the Mets last year, holding the Mets to only three runs over 13 innings across two starts. The Mets have the following career numbers against him:
- Eduardo Escobar 12-23, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 6 K
- Starling Marte 3-15, 3B, BB, 4 K
- Travis Jankowski 3-10, 2 BB, 2 K
- Mark Canha 1-10, 2 K
- Francisco Lindor 1-7, 2B, 2 BB
- Brandon Nimmo 3-8, BB, 2 K
- Dominic Smith 0-3, BB< K
- Pete Alonso 0-3, 3 K
- Jeff McNeil 1-3, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
