The last several days for the Mets have been interesting:
– Saturday: lose a close game against the Yankees that the Mets tied late
– Sunday: lose a game in extra innings that they had a 7-2 lead going into the last inning
– Sunday: lose a game in extra innings when the home team, playing as the road team, hit a grand slam to start off the 8th
– Monday: lose a game they had an early lead in against the Marlins
– Monday: inexplicably acquire Todd Frazier, a veteran catcher and Miguel Castro at the trade deadline costing Kevin Smith, a starting pitcher, when the rotation is a giant question mark for next season.
So things have been odd at best.
And now they play the Orioles.
The Mets will be sending Ariel Jurado tonight to pitch in his first game as a Met. Last year as a Ranger he had pitched in 32 games making 18 starts posting a 5.81 ERA, 5.10 FIP, 1.504 WHIP and 89 ERA+ over 122.1 innings. He was less effective as a starter with a 6.68 ERA over 93.0 innings and a WHIP that jumped from 1.159 to 1.613. He faced the Orioles last year and allowed 3 runs over 6.0 innings from 8 hits while striking out 6. All this being said, he had a four good starts in AAA last year with a 3.57 ERA over 22.2 innings and the year before in AA he had a 3.72 ERA over 101.2 innings.
The Orioles send out Asher Wojciechowski tonight who is seeing regular time as a starter for a second consecutive season. This year in 6 starts and 26.1 innings he has a 5.13 ERA, 6.02 FIP, 1.405 WHIP and 90 ERA+. In his last three games he has allowed 9 runs off 16 hits and 4 homers in 12.2 innings, a 6.39 ERA. Last year he made 16 starts and pitched in 17 games, totaling 82.1 innings with a 4.92 ERA, 5.30 FIP, 1.312 WHIP and 96 ERA+. A few Mets have seen him in action before:
- Dominic Smith 1-1, HR
- Robinson Cano 2-2, 2 2B
- Amed Rosario 1-1
Let’s To Mets
