Mets Series in Review: @Cubs

Last Series

Dates: May 11-14

Results: Lose 4 :(

 L 4-3, L 6-1, L 2-1, L 6-5

Current Record: 20-15, 1^st place, 1 Game lead over Washington

MVMet: Lucas Duda struck out far too much this series, but you can’t argue with the production when he made contact, which produced a 1.214 OPS for the series. (It was tempting to go with Harvey)

LVMet: Michael Cuddyer beats out Kirk Nieuwenhuis because of the higher salary and expectations for him, and the fact he was bad for twice as many PA’s. Hopefully his slash looks very different in a month, because LF has been one of the biggest black holes for this team.

Statistics

Mets Player	Performance
Juan Lagares	0-3, BB, SB (2), 2 SO
Curtis Granderson	3-11, R, 3 BB, SB (3), 2 SO
Daniel Murphy	5-12, 2B (8), BB, SB (1), GIDP
Lucas Duda	6-14, 3 R, 2B (11), HR (3), RBI (13), 2 HBP, 6 SO
Michael Cuddyer	2-15, R, RBI (13), BB, 4 SO, 2 GIDP
Wilmer Flores	3-13, 2 R, 2 HR (5), 2 RBI (11), BB, SAC
Kevin Plawecki	1-9, 2 RBI (8), SF, 2 SO
Dilson Herrera	2-11, R, BB, 5 SO
John Mayberry	1-8, 2 RBI (3), 2 SO
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	0-7, 4 SO
Johnny Monell	0-3, SO, GIDP
Ruben Tejada	1-6, BB, 3 SO
Anthony Recker	2-4, 2 R, 2 HR (2), 2 RBI (2), 2 SO
Totals	26-116, 10 R, 2 2B, 5 HR, 10 RBI, 9 BB, SF, 3 SB, 2 HBP, SAC, 33 SO, 4 GIDP
Jacob deGrom (L, 3-4, 3.46 ERA)	5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 5 SO, 2 HR, HBP, 97 Pitches (57 Strikes), 6 GO: 2 FO (1-2)
Noah Syndergaard (L, 0-1, 5.06 ERA)	5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 6 SO, HR, 103 Pitches (56 Strikes), 3 GO: 4 FO (0-2, 2 SO)
Matt Harvey (2.31 ERA)	7 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 9 SO, HBP, 100 Pitches (70 Strikes), 5 GO: 1 FO (0-3, 2 SO, GIDP)
Jon Niese (L, 3-3, 2.49 ERA)	6.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R (4 ER), BB, 2 SO, HR, 2 HBP, 90 Pitches (56 Strikes), 9 GO: 4 FO (0-3, 3 SO)
Hansel Robles (4.76 ERA)	3 IP, 2 H, R, BB, 2 SO, HR, 2 GO: 3 FO, 2 IR – 1 S
Sean Gilmartin (3.24 ERA)	1.1 IP, 2 H, R, SO, 2 GO: 1 FO, 1 IR – 0 S
Buddy Carlyle (5.63 ERA)	0.1 IP, BB, 1 GO, 1 IR – 0 S
Erik Goeddel (0.00 ERA)	2 IP, H, 2 SO, 2 GO: 1 FO, 1 IR – 0 S
Alex Torres (3.18 ERA)	0.2 IP, H, R, 3 BB, 2 SO
Carlos Torres (BS, 1) (L, 1-2, 3.95 ERA)	1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, BB, 2 GO
Jeurys Familia (1.56 ERA)	0.1 IP, BB, SO, 3 IR – 1 S
Jack Leathersich (0.00 ERA)	0 IP, BB

Bullpen

            5.19 ERA, 8.2 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 8 BB, 8 SO, HR, 9 GO: 5 FO, 8 IR – 2 S

            It was a forgetful series for the Mets bullpen, who couldn’t protect the one lead they were given, and overall did not put up good numbers. Buddy Carlyle has a high ERA, but he had 9 of 11 scoreless appearances, and had stranded 8 of 11 inherited runners, so the loss hurts, even if Terry was not using him much lately. There is a lot of bullpen talent unavailable due to injury or suspension right now, but the Mets had made it work pretty well up to this series. If used correctly, this bullpen can still be effective for the Mets, although I have little faith in Terry’s old school managing tactics.

Looking Ahead

            The Mets continue their tour of the NL Central over the next 10 days, with Milwaukee and St. Louis coming into town for the next 7.

Friday at 7:10 PM

Kyle Lohse (2-4, 7.03 ERA, 5.74 FIP, 17.4 K%: 5.2 BB%, 2.27 HR/9)

@ Bartolo Colon (6-1, 3.30 ERA, 3.16 FIP, 21.7 K%, 6.7 BB%, 1.17 HR/9)

Saturday at 7:10 PM

Matt Garza (2-4, 4.04 ERA, 5.15 FIP, 17.9 K%: 10.3 BB%, 1.49 HR/9)

@ Jacob deGrom (3-4, 3.46 ERA, 4.25 FIP, 20.7 K%: 6.7 BB%, 1.30 HR/9)

Sunday at 1:10 PM

Wily Peralta (1-4, 3.80 ERA, 4.59 FIP, 14.9 K%: 4.8 BB%, 1.4 HR/9)

@ Noah Syndergaard (0-1, 5.06 ERA, 5.58 FIP, 23.1 K%: 15.4 BB%, 1.69 HR/9)

#Hubble catches a stellar exodus in action http://t.co/G68MLXRywT pic.twitter.com/tjok4VI1vi

— ESA Science (@esascience) May 14, 2015