Monday, August 5, 2019 • 4:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, NY
Game One: Robert Duggar (MLB Debut) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (6-7, 2.78)
NY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets are coming off of an exciting weekend in Pittsburgh where they took the series and come back to Queens only three games out of the wild card. Their schedule gets more difficult after the Marlins, and even the Marlins aren’t a walk in the park, playing slightly below .500 baseball since the All-Star break.
In game one, the Mets will send Jacob deGrom to the mound against Marlins rookie Robert Duggar, who is making his first MLB start. Walker Lockett will face Sandy Alcantara in game two.
Mets Lineup
- Jeff McNeil 2B
- Amed Rosario SS
- Michael Conforto RF
- Pete Alonso 1B
- J.D. Davis LF
- Todd Frazier 3B
- Tomas Nido C
- Juan Lagares CF
- Jacob deGrom P
Marlins Lineup
- Jon Berti SS
- Isan Diaz 2B
- Garrett Cooper 1B
- Brian Anderson RF
- Starlin Castro 3B
- Harold Ramirez LF
- Lewis Brinson CF
- Jorge Alfaro C
- Robert Duggar P
DeGrom is 6-7 over 22 starts and 136.0 innings with a 2.78 ERA, 2.84 FIP, 1.081 WHIP and 147 ERA+. In deGrom’s last 13 starts he has pitched 84.0 innings with a 2.04 ERA. In his last four starts he has pitched 26.0 innings with a 0.69 ERA and an opponents on base percentage of .267. There’s really not much to say about deGrom outside of pontificating on his stat line, marveling at how he does it. This will be his fifth start against the Marlins this season. So far he has 3.00 ERA over 24.0 innings, a mix of good starts and bad starts. The Marlins have the following numbers against him:
- Starlin Castro 11-34, 2B, 2 BB, 4 K
- Miguel Rojas 7-29, 3 BB, 4 K
- Brian Anderson 6-22, 2B, HR, BB, 4 K
- Neil Walker 4-20, 2 BB, 4 K
- Lewis Brinson 4-15, 2B, 5 K
- Martin Prado 3-13, 2B, BB, 5 K
- Garrett Cooper 3-8, BB, 4 K
- Curtis Granderson 0-4, 2 BB, 3 K
Dugger was acquired by the Marlins back in the Dee Gordon trade with the Mariners (back when the Mariners gave prospects instead of taking them) is currently ranked 24 on MLB Pipeline for the fish. It’s been a tail of two seasons for him. In AA, he has a 3.31 ERA over 13 games and 70.2 innings while posting a 1.104 WHIP. But in AAA he has a 9.34 ERA over 7 games and 35.2 innings with a 1.879 WHIP. Of course, take AAA numbers in the PCL with a grain of salt but that’s some serious struggle right there. Overall in the minors in 413.2 innings he has a respectable/good WHIP of 1.235 and a K/BB of 3.33.
Game Notes
The Mets have posted a 2.91 ERA (64 earned runs/198.0 innings) since the All-Star break, the best mark in the majors. The Mets and the Indians (2.98) are the only teams to own ERA under 3.00 after the break.
J.D. Davis owns a .297/.366/.483 slash line with 25 extra-base hits and 33 RBI in 94 games this season. He is now batting .353 (42-119) with 17 runs, seven doubles, a triple, five home runs, 16 RBI, 12 walks, a steal, a .421 OBP and a .976 OPS since June 4 (45 games).
DeGrom owns the majors’ best career daytime ERA since at least 1913 with a mark of 1.86 in 52 starts (min. 200.0 innings). DeGrom is 3-0 this season with a 1.13 ERA (three earned runs/24.0 innings) in day games with 34 strikeouts and five walks.
Let’s Go Mets!
