Thursday, June 26, 2025 • 7:10 PM
Citi Field • Flushing, NY
RHP Grant Holmes (4-6, 3.71) vs. RHP Griffin Canning (7-1, 3.91)
SNY • MLBN

The Mets finally defeated the Braves in 2025! The Mets had a huge win Wednesday night, finally beating the Braves and setting up the possibility to split the four-game series this week. It’s been a rough two weeks for the Mets, and getting two consecutive wins will go a long way mentally to stop the spiral and resume the dominance from earlier this month.

By Roberto Carlo

Mets Lineup

  1. Francisco Lindor – SS
  2. Brandon Nimmo – DH
  3. Juan Soto – RF
  4. Pete Alonso – 1B
  5. Jeff McNeil – LF
  6. Tyrone Taylor – CF
  7. Brett Baty – 3B
  8. Luis Torrens – C
  9. Ronny Mauricio – 3B

Griffin Canning has pitched 73 2/3 innings this season with a 3.91 ERA, 4.09 FIP, 1.412 WHIP and a 98 ERA+. He’s in the midst of a tough stretch, allowing at least four runs in each of his last three starts (14 runs, 13 earned over 14 2/3 innings, 7.98 ERA, 5.32 FIP). Canning missed the Braves last week. He had a tough start against them in 2024, allowing seven runs from eight hits and two homers over 4 1/3 innings. The Braves have the following numbers against Canning:

Opposing Lineup

  1. Ronald Acuña Jr. – RF
  2. Matt Olson – 1B
  3. Marcell Ozuna – DH
  4. Austin Riley – 3B
  5. Sean Murphy – C
  6. Ozzie Albies – 2B
  7. Eli White – LF
  8. Michael Harris II – CF
  9. Nick Allen – SS

Grant Holmes is having a solid second season in the majors. Over 16 games, 15 starts, he has pitched 85 innings with a 3.71 ERA, 4.42 FIP, 1.224 WHIP, and a 111 ERA+. He’s coming off a great start where he held the Marlins scoreless over 5 2/3 innings. Before that, he allowed exactly three runs in each of four consecutive starts (20 2/3 innings, 4.79 ERA, 3.32 FIP). Holmes made one start against the Mets last year, but it was the second game in the season-ending doubleheader right after the Mets clinched a wild card spot (4 IP, H, K). The Mets have the following career stats against Holmes:

  • Pete Alonso 1-2, K
  • Starling Marte 0-1, BB, K
  • Brandon Nimmo 0-2, 2 K
  • Juan Soto 0-1
  • Tyrone Taylor 0-1
  • Luis Torrens 0-1, K

Game Notes

Right-handed pitcher Jonathan Pintaro made his major league debut after the game on Wednesday. After the game, he was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse, and the Mets recalled righty Austin Warren. Check out the interview we did with him earlier this season.

Mark Vientos is with the team, but will be officially activated off the injured list on Friday.

Sean Manaea is playing catch today for the first time since an MRI revealed a loose body in his left elbow.

Mets 17-year-old prospect Elian Peña had a monster game today. The Mets gave Peña a team record $5 million signing bonus earlier this year.

Three Things To Watch For

  1. Juan Soto. Soto is having a June to remember. He’s hit five home runs in his last five games (7-for-17, 6 R, 5 HR, SB, 3 BB, 1.794 OPS). He now has a 3.5 bWAR and a 157 OPS+. If the season ended today, that would be his fourth-best OPS+ for a season. It’s Juan Soto summer now and hopefully the Mets can ride the wave to split this series.
  2. Hitting with RISP. The Mets have actually started to hit with RISP over the last two games, going 7-for-13. While they still lost on Wednesday, this is a positive development for the Mets. They are now both getting runners into scoring position and getting hits once they’re there. Throughout the current two-week spiral, the Mets were struggling just to get runners on!
  3. Sliders vs Four-Seamers. The Mets already had to deal with Spencer Strider’s slider this week; now they need to handle Grant Holmes’ slider, against which hitters have a .138 BA, .190 xBA. It’s part of the reason why Holmes is in the 99th percentile for breaking ball run value. His four-seamer, which he uses 35.8% of the time (almost the same amount of time as his slider) is another story. Hitters are currently smashing his four-seamer with a .352 BA, .325 xBA, and .750 SLG. It’s currently in the second percentile for fastball run value.

Let’s go Mets!