3 UP 1. Return of the Matz Believe it or not, we have seen this before from Steven Matz. In his first start of the 2016 season, he was shellacked by the Marlins. In 1.2 innings, he allowed seven runs. Matz rebounded by going off on a dominant 11 start stretch where he had a 1.91 ERA. After Matz’s horrible game against the Phillies, he’s now made two very good starts including...
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Since the start of the StatCast Era, there have only been 14 pitchers who have thrown 100 MPH in a game and hit a ball over 100 MPH. in a completely dominating performance on Monday, Wheeler would join that group. On the mound, Wheeler pitched seven shutout innings against the Phillies walking none and striking out 11. As pointed out by MMO’s Mathew Brownstein, Wheeler is just the ninth...
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3 UP 1. 100 In Tuesday’s start, Zack Wheeler had about as dominating a game as any Mets pitcher has ever had. In addition to pitching seven scoreless, he would strike out 11 Phillies while walking none. At the plate, he was 2-for-3 with a double, homer, and three RBI. The reason for his greatness on that day was on the mound, he hit 100 MPH on his fastball, and at the plate, his homer had...
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So far this year, the Mets pitching has been much worse than anyone could have ever imagined. In fact, the team’s 5.66 ERA is the worst in the National League by over a half-run. To be fair, there are a number of reasons why that is the case from the Mets having the league-worst defense (-22 DRS), plain old bad luck, and of course, Jacob deGrom suffering an elbow injury. However, none of...
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After each and every draft, analysts and prognosticators analyze not just the talent which has been infused into each organization, they also project which players are going to contribute at the Major League level. After the 2018 draft, Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline projected the Mets fifth round draft pick to be one of the players who could be the first 2018 draftee to make the Major Leagues....
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