Friday, May 22, 2026 • 7:10 PM
loanDepot park • Miami, FL
RHP Tobias Myers (0-1, 3.41) vs. RHP Eury Pérez (2-6, 5.33)
SNY

Today, the Mets finally play an NL East opponent other than the Nationals for the first time this season. The club has had an odd schedule to start the year. They didn’t play the Nationals until the end of April. Each of their road trips before this one were out to the west coast. They still haven’t played the Braves and Phillies.

After going 5-1 at home last week, the Mets have had a slightly disappointing start to the road trip, splitting a four game series with the Nationals. A good weekend in Miami, though, can still make this road trip a positive one!

Photo Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Mets Lineup

  1. Carson Benge – RF
  2. Bo Bichette – SS
  3. Juan Soto – DH
  4. Mark Vientos – 1B
  5. Brett Baty – 3B
  6. Marcus Semien – 2B
  7. A.J. Ewing – CF
  8. Nick Morabito – LF
  9. Luis Torrens – C

Starting Pitcher: Tobias Myers

Myers gets the start tonight. The Mets are in the midst of a 16-day stretch with no days off, and the hope is working Myers in today will give the starters a little extra rest. Over 29 innings this season, Myers has a 3.41 ERA, 4.38 FIP, 1.034 WHIP and a 116 ERA+. He has thrown three innings in two outings this year and has gone at least two innings in nine outings. The most pitches he has tossed in a game is 40. Ideally, the Mets would love to get three innings out of him tonight.

The Marlins have the following career stats against him:

Opposing Lineup

  1. Xavier Edwards – 2B
  2. Liam Hicks – 1B
  3. Connor Norby – 3B
  4. Kyle Stowers – DH
  5. Jakob Marsee – CF
  6. Esteury Ruiz – LF
  7. Owen Caissie – RF
  8. Joe Mack – C
  9. Javier Sanoja – SS

Eury Pérez has made 10 starts totaling 52 1/3 innings this season with a 5.33 ERA, 5.20 FIP, 1.414 WHIP and a 77 ERA+. Pérez opened the season holding the Rockies to only three runs over seven innings. Since then, he’s had one great start, holding the Brewers to one unearned run over six frames on April 19, and every other start has been average to bad. In his last three games, Pérez has allowed 13 earned runs over 16 innings on 12 hits and 12 walks while striking out 19 batters (7.31 ERA, 6.60 FIP).

The Mets have the following career stats against him:

  • Brett Baty 0-2, K
  • Bo Bichette 3-5, 2B
  • Juan Soto 1-4, HR, K
  • Tyrone Taylor 1-4, 2B, 2 K
  • Mark Vientos 1-1, HR, BB

Game Notes

  • As noted by the New York Post’s Mike Puma, right-handed pitcher Jonah Tong is available out of the bullpen today and could follow Myers as the bulk reliever after being recalled from Triple-A Syracuse.
  • 2025 marked the first time the Mets lost the season series to the Marlins since 2017.

Three Things To Watch For

  1. Strikeouts. The Mets had 12 strikeouts as a team yesterday with Benge, Bichette, Semien, Vientos and Ewing each recording two. In Pérez’s two good starts this year, he had a total of 15 strikeouts over 13 innings. In his last three starts, he recorded 19 K’s over 16 innings. Don’t give Pérez any momentum tonight! Work walks, don’t chase!
  2. Sean Manaea. Manaea could see significant work today. Over 10 games (27 1/3 innings), Manaea has a 6.26 ERA, 4.27 FIP, 1.683 WHIP and a 64 ERA+. He gritted out four innings his last time out against the New York Yankees, allowing three runs (two earned) off of four hits and two walks. Manaea was hitting 91-93 on his fastball throughout his last outing, something we haven’t seen a ton of this year. Things still don’t look great for Manaea (5.23 xERA, .277 xBA), but maybe this is a harbinger of good things to come.
  3. Jonah Tong. Sean Manaea may not even get a chance to pitch tonight if Jonah Tong is second arm on the mound. The Mets recalled him from Syracuse today, DFA’ing Craig Kimbrel in the process. He’s pitched 38 innings over nine starts this season with a 5.68 ERA and 1.368 WHIP. He’s getting hit hard a lot (1.9 HR/9, but he’s also striking out the world with 55 so far (13 K/9). His last start on May 14 was rough, giving up seven runs (six earned) over 1 2/3 innings. Before that, he had a two-start stretch where he allowed three runs over 11 innings while striking out 14.

Let’s go Mets!