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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Good luck getting runners on base against Jacob deGrom. And even if you get runners on base, prepare to see them get stranded there. In 2018, hitters hit .179/.238/.265 when others runners were on base. That does not seem sustainable but his expected slash when runners are on base was .194/.248/.280. This essentially says that deGrom was not the beneficiary of luck but rather, he induced weak...
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The Mets improved their all-time Opening Day record to a major league best 38-20 by beating Washington on Thursday afternoon at Nationals Park, 2-0. (Box Score) Pitching Jacob deGrom, aka deCy Young, got the opening day start for the Mets. In the first, he gave up a single to Trea Turner and walked Juan Soto but worked around that to limit the damage. In the second, he struck out the side in...
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