The Mets held on and won last night’s game, putting the Braves back to a comfortable 4.5 games back. Now the Mets have a chance to split the series and put the Braves right back where they were when the week started!
The headline in last night’s game was Brett Baty. The Mets #2 prospect made his major league debut hitting a homerun on the second pitch he saw in the game. Those two runs ended up being incredibly important with the Mets winning by 9-7. Brett Baty also hit a ball with an exit velocity of 113 mph off a lefty – just something the Mets have not done in recent years.
Now the Mets turn to Jacob deGrom! Happy deGrom day! Jacob has made three starts this year totaling 16 2/3 innings with a 1.62 ERA, 0.72 FIP, .420 WHIP and a 248 ERA+. His second start of the season was against the Braves and he held them to two runs from one hit and one walk over 5 2/3 innings while striking out 12. The only hit he gave up in that game was a homerun and he was pulled from the game after that (following the plan of allowing him to throw around 75 pitches). The Braves have the following numbers against deGrom:
- Dansby Swanson 5-28, 2 2B, HR, 3 BB, 14 K
- Marcell Ozuna 10-43, 2 2B, HR, BB, 16 K
- Ronald Acuña Jr. 8-27, 2B, 2 BB, 9 K
- Austin Riley 3-14, 2 HR, 7 K
- Orlando Arcia 2-6, BB, 2 K
- Adam Duval 1-3, 2B, 2 K
- Eddie Rosario 1-4, HR, K
- Travis d’Arnaud 2-3, HR, K
- Robbie Grossman 0-2, K
- Michael Harris 0-2, 2 K
- Matt Olson 0-2, K
- William Contreras 0-2, 2 K
Max Fried will be activated to start tonight’s game against the Mets. Fried has been on the injured list for the last week due to a concussion. Over 22 starts and 138 1/3 innings, Fried has a 2.60 ERA, 2.45 FIP, 1.077 WHIP and a 162 ERA+. His major strength this season has been keeping the ball in the ballpark. He’s leading the league in HR/9 at 0.4. His last start was against the Mets where he allowed four runs, two earned over six innings from six hits and a walk. His concussion is from a fall he took while fielding during the third inning. He stayed in the game but was placed in the concussion protocol afterwards. The Mets have the following career numbers against him:
- Pete Alonso 8-27, 2B, 2 HR, 5 BB, 10 K
- Brandon Nimmo 3-18, 2 2B, 4 BB, 6 K
- Jeff McNeil 8-22, 3 2B, 5 K
- Francisco Lindor 3-18, HR, 4 K
- Starling Marte 4-13, 2 2B, BB, 3 K
- Darin Ruf 2-11, BB, 3 K
- James McCann 0-7, 2 BB
- Mark Canha 2-7, HR, 2 BB, 2 K
- Daniel Vogelbach 0-3, K
- Tyler Naquin 0-3, 2 K
Let’s Go Mets!
