Happy Keith Hernandez Day! The All-Star first basemen and announcer for the New York Mets gets his number retired today at Citi Field. A long time criticism of the Mets was the team didn’t honor their own history. Things have changed the last two seasons with ceremonies for both Jerry Koosman and Keith. If you are going to the ballpark today, we hope you have an Amazin’ day and get to share stories about Keith on the field with those who were too young to see him.
At 33 years old, I definitely fall in the “too young to see him” bucket but I remember when I was in high school when SNY formed and introduced us to Gary, Keith and Ron. From telling us about the fundamentals, to his love of tootsie pops, to stories about his cat, I have loved having Keith be part of of my daily routine. Thank you Keith!
There’s also a baseball game today! Carlos Carrasco will make his 17th start of the season. Over 87 1/3 innings he has a 4.64 ERA, 3.66 FIP, 1.328 WHIP and a 87 ERA+. Carrasco ended the month of June with back to back rough starts, allowing 11 runs over 6 2/3 innings. Last time out he held the Rangers to only one run from six hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Carrasco Faced the Marlins in the middle of June and allowed three runs over 6 1/3 innings from eight hits and two walks while striking out seven. The Marlins have the following numbers against Carrasco:
- Avisail Garcia 11-42, 2B, HR, BB, 12 K
- Jesus Aguilar 3-9, 2B, 2 BB, K
- Jazz Chisholm Jr. 211, 2B, BB, 4 K
- Billy Hamilton 3-10, 3B, 2 BB, 2 K
- Bryan De La Cruz 3-10, HR, 2 K
- Jorge Soler 1-7, 2 BB, 4 K
- Miguel Rojas 3-7, HR, K
- Jacob Stallings 1-7, 2 K
- Jesus Sanchez 1-5, 2 K
Braxton Garrett gets the start for the Marlins. Over six starts and 29 2/3 innings this season he has a 4.25 ERA, 3.14 FIP, 1.449 WHIP and a 98 ERA+. Braxton is coming off of a terrific start against the Nationals where he allowed only one run over 7 1/3 innings from four hits and a walk. His start before that he allowed five runs from seven hits over 4 2/3 innings against the Cardinals.
Braxton faced the Mets on June 18th and allowed three runs from five hits and two walks over four innings of work, in a game the Mets won 3-2. The Mets have the following career numbers against Braxton:
- Pete Alonso 0-3, 2 BB
- J.D. Davis 1-3, 2 BB, 2 K
- Brandon Nimmo 0-3
- Dominic Smith 2-3
- Mark Canha 1-1, BB
- Eduardo Escobar 0-2
- Francisco Lindor 1-2, HR
- Starling Marte 1-2
- Jeff McNeil 1-2
Let’s Go Mets!
