Yesterday just wasn’t the day for the Mets as they dropped the last game of the series to the Cardinals. Today, the Mets look to get back in the win column against the Phillies as the Mets open their first series against an NL East team. The snow should be long gone by game time so hopefully the manager of the Phillies will be able to see the bullpen and call on a pitcher tonight who has actually warmed up.
It’s a big day in Mets land! Harvey Day! Will the Mets get 2017 Harvey? 2016? 2015? Last year Harvey went 5-7 over 19 games and 18 starts tossing 92.2 innings with a 6.70 ERA, 6.37 FIP, 1.694 WHIP and 63 ERA+. In the exact same amount of innings in 2016 Harvey had a 4.86 ERA, 3.47 FIP, 1.468 WHIP and 83 ERA+. Harvey made two starts against the Phillies last year. His first one, the second start of the season, he allowed 2 runs over 5.2 innings and 6 K’s and was taken out of the game early for an injury concern (the Mets were destroying the ball offensively that night). His second start against the Phillies was his last start of the season where he allowed 4 runs on 4.0 innings from 7 hits and 3 walks. The Phillies have the following numbers against him:
- Herrera 4-16, HR, 6 K
- Hernandez 4-11, 2 BB
- Franco 3-8, 2 HR
- Santana 0-1, 2 BB
- Alfaro 1-1, 2B
- Hoskins 1-2
The Mets bats will see Ben Lively’s first start of 2018 coming off or a rookie year where he went 4-7 over 15 games and 88.2 innings with a 4.26 ERA, 4.97 FIP, 1.286 WHIP and 99 ERA+. Even though he only made 15 starts, he faced the Mets 3 times (or 20% of his starts) and held the Mets to only 5 runs from 15 hits and 7 walks over 19.1 innings which comes out to a 2.33 ERA and 1.138 WHIP. The Mets have the following numbers against Lively:
- Reyes 2-9, 3B, HR, BB
- Carbera 3-9, 2B
- d’Arnaud 3-9, 2B
- Nimmo 0-5, BB
- Lagares 2-4, 2B
- Bruce 0-2
- Cespedes 0-3
- Flores 0-3
- Rosario 0-2
Who’s Hotter than the new Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich available on the Promenade?
Lagares has 5 hits in the last two days and he wasn’t even supposed to play yesterday but Nimmo was sick and Juan stepped up.
Who’s Colder than a Yankee fan at today’s afternoon Opening Day in the snow?
The Mets on Sundays. Last year they just could not get it done on Sundays and that fate leaked into 2018.
Let’s Go Mets!
