When one has a night where you strike out 14 batters in seven innings and post a -.66 FIP, you must have done something right. Jacob deGrom got a lot of swings and misses and mixed his pitches to near perfection in Wednesday’s 6-4 win against the Miami Marlins. Here was how many changeups he threw in the first six innings: 8. In the seventh inning, he threw seven changeups and got seven...
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The Mets narrowly beat the Marlins on Tuesday night by a score of 6-5 at Marlins Park. (Box Score) Pitching Jason Vargas pitched for the Mets and had a rough first inning. He gave up a double to Curtis Granderson and a double to Brian Anderson. He managed to work out of further damage. The second inning also featured a couple of base runners, but he got out of that jam too by getting Granderson...
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Steven Matz has come into this season with lower expectations than in the past. Usually he’s seen as a number two or three but now he’s a fourth starter. Hopefully this takes some pressure of Matz and allows him to become one of the better fourth starters in baseball. In the first, Matz struck out Miguel Rojas but a Wilson Ramos passed ball allowed him to reach first. He almost got...
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Zack Wheeler struggled in his first start of the season. Granted, at times he looked very good with his 98 MPH fastball running in on hitters. That said, his command was not on point which made him easier to square up. Wheeler had a very similar start to Syndergaard in many ways. Both were not up to par and both struggled with the righties. Wheeler did a good job of pitching in to lefties like...
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Noah Syndergaard was not like his September 2018 self yesterday. Noah did a good job of pitching inside last season, something Dave Eiland has been preaching since being hired. Noah did a good job of pitching in to left handed hitters yesterday but for righties, it was a different story. The third inning was probably the most difficult inning for Noah. He gave up a homer to Victor Robles and a...
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