Jacob deGrom was scratched from last night’s start to take care of family matters, the Mets called on Oswalt to start and the Mets didn’t quite come to play. For most of the night the offense was off as it faced Sandy Alcantara making his Marlins debut. The only bright spots in last night’s game: Bautista got two more hits trying to show he has trade value, Rosario got 3 walks, Blevins had a clean 1.1 innings and Bashlor allowed only 1 run over 2.2 innings.
The fan base has become more and more divided about blowing up the team and trading deGrom or blowing up the team and building around deGrom. Meanwhile, Jacob still pitches. He’s 5-3 over 16 starts and 101.1 innings with a 1.69 ERA (league leading), 2.14 FIP (league leading), 1.007 WHIP and a 224 ERA+ (league leading). He is coming off his worst start in a while allowing 3 runs over 6.0 innings and it is worth remember that two runs came in after a bad call by the umpire. The first time he faced the Marlins this year in April he allowed 4 runs over 6.0 innings, his worst start of the year, and the second time he faced the fish he held them scoreless over 7.0 innings. The Marlins have the following numbers against him:
- Dietrich 4-21, BB, 11 K
- Bour 9-19, 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 6 K
- Castro 6-18, BB
- Realmuto 3-16, 5 K
- Prado 3-13, 2B, BB, 5 K
- Maybin 0-1o, BB
The Mets bats will get to see another Marlins pitcher making his Marlins debut (which will also be his major league debut) in Pablo Lopez. Pablo was part of a trade during the 2017 season that sent David Phelps to the Mariners. Lopez has posted a 1.44 ERA and 2.17 RAvg in the minors this year over 12 games and 62.1 innings. His stats include a 0.930 WHIP, 6.6 H/9, 9.5 K/9, and 5.50 K/BB. How will Lopez, who has only made 4 starts in triple A do tonight? We’ll find out.
Let’s Go Mets!
