Mets Lineup
Brandon Nimmo CF
Yoenis Cespedes LF
Asdrubal Cabrera 2B
Jay Bruce RF
Todd Frazier 3B
Adrian Gonzalez 1B
Tomas Nido C
Noah Syndergaard RHP
Amed Rosario SS
Cardinals Lineup
Matt Carpenter 3B
Tommy Pham CF
Jose Martinez 1B
Marcell Ozuna LF
Dexter Fowler RF
Paul DeJong SS
Kolten Wong 2B
Francisco Pena C
Carlos Martinez RHP
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Some other early numbers from pitchers around the league:
Chris Archer 6.59 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 9.5 K/9
Mike Leake 6.59 ERA 1.610 WHIP, 5.3 K/9
Luis Castillo 6.51 ERA 1.446 WHIP, 7.8 K/9
Jose Urena 5.88 ERA, 1.385 WHIP, 7.3 K/9
Jon Gray 5.79 ERA, 1.469 WHIP, 9.6 K/9
Clayton Richard 5.67 ERA, 1.630 WHIP, 7.3 K/9
James Paxton 5.61 ERA, 1.442 WHIP, 11.9 K/9
Matt Moore 5.55 ERA, 1.726 WHIP, 6.3 K/9
Danny Duffy 5.26 ERA, 1.519 WHIP, 8.8 K/9
Im interested to see what happens when Swarak returns. There isnt enough room for everyone. The 8 becomes Familia, Swarzak, Gsellman, Lugo, Sewald, Ramos, Harvey, Blevins. Who do you demote? Does that open the door for Lugo to re-join the rotation for example?
Matz hasn't made it through 6 innings in like 12 straight starts now - whatever the league averages say, you can't have a pitcher doing that.
Wheeler started off great in Miami but it seems like the next two starts were progressively worse and he's reverting to the same guy he was before. The Marlins suck so I need to see Wheeler get good results against a better lineup before I feel confident about him either.
Agreed, Matz is as fragile as they come, he makes a throwing error then completely unravels, pathetic! I don't know how long they can keep trotting this guy out there hoping he gets better...he's not getting any better.
Matz hasn't made it through 6 innings in like 12 straight starts now - whatever the league averages say, you can't have a pitcher doing that.
Wheeler started off great in Miami but it seems like the next two starts were progressively worse and he's reverting to the same guy he was before. The Marlins suck so I need to see Wheeler get good results against a better lineup before I feel confident about him either.
Not disagreeing with any of that. These guys arent prospects though. The biggest question heading in with them was health and how good their stuff would look. Weve seen sustained success from them before. Assuming they are healthy, I think wed all sign up for Wheelers 2014 and Matzs 2016 from the backend which is why they get more rope for me. Hell, Kershaw leads the league in losses right now. What happens in April isnt necessarily a predicate of future results. Obviously, we need to see more.
He's still averaging over 6 IP per start and has a 2.84 ERA. He's not exactly struggling.
He's still averaging over 6 IP per start and has a 2.84 ERA. He's not exactly struggling.
Wasnt saying he was. Just pointing out face value stats in April dont mean much. What you memtioned backs that up.
5.45 FIP is ugly.
5.45 FIP is ugly.
I am not comparing Matz to Kershaw one single bit. I was showing that stats can be screwy in April. Ive said multiple times the results have not been there for Matz but Ive been encouraged by the way his stuff looks. Thats all. Clearly Matz needs better results or hes gone.
Again.. Ive already brought up years where theyve been successful. You cant go back to last year when Matz was pitching with a displaced nerve. Even DeGrom was a disaster when he was dealing with the same thing. The last real, healthy body of work for either of them was 2014 for Wheeler and 2016 for Matz. Both put up 3fWAR seasons which we all would do cartwheels over if we got that this year. As long as the stuff has returned and they are healthy why cant they pitch like that again? Its not like Harvey where his velocity is down 6 mph and he cant strike a single hitter out. They are completely different.
So, do stats in April mean something or not? Before you said they didn't, now you're citing them.
Gotta pick one, bud.
He needs to play.
Ces looks like he's slowly coming to life.
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Brandon Nimmo now has 33 plate appearances in 2018, he's been on base 17 times.
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is currently 10th out of 30 teams in ERA and WAR. The entire pitching staff combined is also roughly top third.
So, do stats in April mean something or not? Before you said they didn't, now you're citing them.
Gotta pick one, bud.
Stats in April do not matter and are often skewed but for those worried that the sky is falling, its clearly not as weve been performing in the top third either way.
So, saying that we are a top third team right now is a bit disingenuous. Clearly, we are not.
The good news is that we're not playing to win the baseball prospectus/fangraphs championships, and our wins all count. But, I don't think it's unfair to say that the team has benefited from some good luck (relative to overall performance) so far, and that we'll need to play "better" going forward to "win" a really tough division.
I'm pretty happy with how things have started, but also still looking at things critically and what has to get better for this team to bring a third trophy home to queens.
He's not doing it on purpose... but...
His pitch count is in solid shape.
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Rolling. Will one run be enough?
His pitch count is in solid shape.
Either way asking him to only surrender 1 run over 9 is a lot. We need some insurance runs. I do hope Thor goes 9 today though.
Oh, it will happen. More than once.
I want to see Thor finish this himself. The PC is fine.
Paul DeJong... of course.
No matter how well they pitch, they can't get wins.
Pitching for the Mets only guarantees you Tommy John surgery and losses.