The Mets travel to DC tonight to start a series with the division leaders. Although the Mets lost yesterday, they have won 7 of their last 9 games, which is about what they were doing the last time they faced DC. Then the Nationals took 3 of 4 games from the Mets and then the Mets lost 4 more to the Dodgers, so it will be interesting to see what the Mets do today.
As an important programming note, the Mets are playing at 6:05 today, probably because they are playing at 11 AM tomorrow. On to the preview!
Steven Matz is 2-1 over 4 starts and 27.0 innings this year with a 2.67 ERA, 5.00 FIP and 1.074 WHIp. His FIP continues to be quite high compared to previous years (3.61, 3.39) but his WHIP is low (1.234, 1.209). Matz will face the Nationals today after his best start of the season where he held Miami to to 6 hits and a walk, no runs, over 7.0 innings. When he faced the Nationals earlier this season, he allowed 8 hits and no walks over 7.0 innings leading to 4 runs. The Nationals have the following numbers against him:
- Murphy 3-9, 2B, HR
- Rendon 2-9, HR
- Taylor 3-8, HR, BB
- Harper 1-6, BB
- Zimmerman, 0-6
- Raburn 1-3
- Wieters 1-3, HR
The Mets bats will get a look at Strasburg tonight who is 9-2 over 16 starts and 102.2 innings with a 3.51 ERA, 3.10 FIP and 1.101 WHIP. His WHIP has been incredibly consistent over the last three season (1.107, 1.104, 1.101). June was a mixed bag for Stephen. He allowed 2 earned runs or less in 4 of 6 starts (although one start was over 5.1 innings) and he two starts where he allowed more than 5 earned runs. Against the Mets this year he has allowed 5 ER over 12.1 inings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Granderson 3-22, 7 BB (.136 BA, .345 OBP)
- Reyes 6-26, 2 2B, BB
- Duda 2-16, HR, 5 BB (.125 BA, .375 OBP)
- Bruce 8-19, 2B, HR
- d’Arnaud 4-13, HR, 2 BB
- Cespedes 7-12, 2B, BB (1.282 OPS)
- Cabrera 3-12, 2 HR
- R Rivera 0-5
- TJ Rivera 2-5, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
