The Mets swept the Marlins over the weekend. The Braves swept the Diamondbacks over the weekend. The trade deadline is tomorrow! And the Mets play baseball tonight!
The Mets are playing the Nationals at a very interesting time – the trade deadline. Last year the Nationals had a sell-off and they looked poised to move additional pieces this year before tomorrow’s deadline. As of writing (8:00 AM this morning), no major moves have happened for DC yet. Josh Bell is most likely to be traded (at one point in time, the Mets were looking at him). Then there is Juan Soto. Will the Nationals be moved by a proposal to trade their star? Will Soto stick around to see what a new ownership group can offer him over the winter? How much time will Bell or Soto see on the field tonight? We will get a front row seat to #HugWatch tonight!
Max Scherzer gets the start at his old ballpark this evening. Over 13 games and 82 innings this year he has a 2.09 ERA, 2.50 FIP, 0.902 WHIP and a 191 ERA+. Since coming off the injured list, Scherzer has pitched 32 1/3 innings over five starts allowing only five runs from 23 hits and four walks (1.39 ERA, 1.79 FIP) while striking out 45 batters.
Scherzer’s season debut this year was against the Nationals in DC where he allowed three runs from three hits and a walk over six innings. The Nationals have the following career numbers against Max:
- Cesar Hernandez 11-51, 4 2B, 2 BB, 14 K
- Alcides Escobar 12-43, 2B, 2 HR, 9 K
- Maikel Franco 4-29, HR, 4 BB, 4 K
- Nelson Cruz 9-24, 2B, HR, 7 K
- Josh Bell 4-9, 2 2B, HR, 3 BB, K
- Juan Soto 0-2, BB
The Mets bats will get a look at Patrick Corbin. Over a 21 starts and 105 1/3 innings, Corbin has a league leading 14 losses (he also led the league with 16 losses last season). He has a 6.49 ERA, 4.62 FIP, 1.766 WHIP and a 60 ERA+. Corbin has allowed a league leading 149 hits and 76 earned runs this season. Over his last three starts he has allowed 17 runs, 16 earned, over 10 2/3 innings from 24 hits and four walks while striking out 15 batters.
Corbin performed well against the Mets in his first two starts against them this season, holding the Mets to two runs over nine innings from eight hits and six walks. In his last start against the Mets he allowed seven runs from 12 hits and two walks. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Pete Alonso 12-33, 2 2B, 4 HR, 8 BB, 11 K
- J.D. Davis 11-35, 3 2B, 4 HR, 4 BB, 9 K
- Starling Marte 9-33, 2 2B, HR, 2 BB, 8 K
- Jeff McNeil 8-25, 2B, 2 BB, 4 K
- Brandon Nimmo 5-23, 2 BB, 10 K
- Francisco Lindor 6-23, 2B, 6 K
- Eduardo Escobar 4-15, 2B, HR, 2 K
- Mark Canha 4-10, HR, BB, K
- Daniel Vogelbach 0-2, BB
Let’s Go Mets!
