Match-ups the this weekend
The pitching matchups:
Friday: RHP Jacob deGrom (3-1, 3.07) vs. LHP Alex Wood (1-3, 4.03), 7:10 p.m. ET, SNY
Saturday: RHP Noah Syndergaard (5-2, 1.94) vs. RHP Kenta Maeda (3-3, 3.29), 7:15 p.m. ET, FOX
Sunday: RHP Bartolo Colon (4-3, 3.44) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (7-1, 1.48), 8:08 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Is Matz our ace even over Syndergaard??
Cabrera departed Wednesday’s game before ever appearing because his back locked up. Cabrera suggested he would be fine to play Friday
Travis d'Arnaud (rotator cuff) resumed working out at the Mets’ Florida complex Wednesday after spending multiple weeks with his own physical therapist at home in California. D’Arnaud has resumed throwing without discomfort and should begin standard baseball activities Thursday, according to Ricco.
Dario Alvarez was claimed off waivers by the Braves. The left-handed reliever had been removed from the 40-man roster Monday when the Mets needed to create a spot for Ty Kelly.
The ex-Met Murphy has five errors this season, Davidoff notes in the Post.
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Lowest Hard-Hit Rate (Starting Pitchers)
Noah Syndergaard 7.7%
Clayton Kershaw 8.0%
Steven Matz 8.3%
Kenta Maeda 8.3%
MLB Hard-Hit Rate Leaders (Hard-Hit Balls/(AB+SF)
Victor Martínez 30%
David Ortiz 29%
Yoenis Céspedes 26%
Tomás/Polanco/Lamb/Altuve 24%
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Harvey and to a much lesser extent deGrom
Injuries/health at C/1B/3B
But I like where we are right now. On the bright side Matz, Thor, YC and Conforto are all looking really good and Sandy did a nice job with the middle infield.
I'd like to see Granderson pick it up alittle bit and it seems like he has.
As of right now we are 12-9 in the division and 3-3 against the Nats. I think we can definitely do better in the division overall even though Philly and Miami might be more respectable than we thought.
Here's to a strong close out of May and a big month of June, hopefully our last without Wheeler.
Not that we didn't think very highly of Syndergaard or Matz.. but the way they've both now emerged has been pretty incredible. Thank god Matz' elbow is okay. I was really fucking bummed about the prospect of losing him. Fingers crossed things stay this way.
Kid looks like a phenom (obviously?).
He was lighting up the PCL before his call-up.
Kid looks like a phenom (obviously?).
He was lighting up the PCL before his call-up.
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Excellent, excellent job from everyone so far including Familia converting his save opps and Verrett with some nice spot duty.