The Padres offense was red hot going into Friday’s game. The Mets offense was heating up going into Friday’s game.
Naturally the Mets won the game 2-1.
The Mets look to extend their winning streak to four games this afternoon and take the series against the Padres. Winners of nine of their last 13 games, the vibes on the Mets are starting to turn around and checked off a key component in Friday’s game: Edwin Díaz saves the game. Díaz was pitching on back-to-back days, something that was bothering him early in the season, and he shut the door last night, working around letting the leadoff hitter on. Let’s keep the vibes going today!
Jose Quintana has pitched 66 1/3 innings over 13 starts this season with a 5.29 ERA, 5.24 FIP, 1.432 WHIP and a 72 ERA+. He has allowed exactly three earned runs over his last three four starts, the problem is the amount he has pitched has decreased over those starts. After two starts going six innings, he has pitched four innings and 3 2/3 innings over his last two starts. His last start was his first start over his last three where he didn’t allow a home run. The Padres have the following career numbers against him:
- José Azocar 0-2
- Jake Cronenworth 1-3
- Kyle Higashioka 0-3, 2 K
- Ha-Seong Kim 1-3, HR, BB
- Manny Machado 5-23, 2B, HR, 3 BB, 6 K
- David Peralta 1-4, K
- Jurickson Profar 2-8, HR< 2 K
- Donovan Solano 2-4, 2B
- Fernando Tatis Jr. 2-5, HR
Adam Mazur was the fifth best prospect in the system according to MLB Pipeline with an estimated major league debut of 2025. He bucked that projection and is already making his third major league start this afternoon. In his debut against the Angels he allowed only one run from two hits and four walks over six innings. His last start against the Diamondbacks was the polar opposite as he allowed eight runs from eight hits over three innings. In his two starts he has used his mid-90’s fastball about 40% of the time mixing in a high-80’s slider 36% of time. He also uses a changeup (average 90 mph) and a curveball (average 80 mph).
Three Things To Watch For:
- Home runs and Jose Quintana. Over his first seven starts of the season, Quintana allowed only three home runs. Over his last six starts he has allowed eight homers, including three games where he allowed more than one. He has a career 0.9 HR/9 inning and lead the league in HR/9 back in 2022 with a 0.4 mark. This season he his allowing 1.5 HR/9, a rate he hasn’t seen since 2021. The weather is only getting warmer, how will Quintana adjust?
- Can Nimmo build on his bounce-back game? Friday night Nimmo went 2-for-3 at the plate with a run scored and most importantly, no strikeouts. From June 5th to the 13th Nimmo struck out 11 times in 23 trips to the plate. Today we’ll see if Friday night was a blip or the start of a rebound.
- Mark Vientos is due. Since coming back to the Mets Mark Vientos has been on fire. The fire has started to die down a bit over the last week. In his last six games he has gone 3-for-18 at the plate with a double and two walks. Over the last two games he has gone 0-for-6.
Let’s Go Mets!
