Mets Series in Review: vs./@ Blue Jays

Mets rolling into Atlanta with these 3 on the mound...

Last Series

Dates:  June 15-18, 2015

Results: Split 2 in a home-and-home

W 4-3, W 3-2, L 8-0, L 7-1

Current Record: 36-32, 1.5 Games ahead of Washington

MVMet: Noah Syndergaard was excellent over his 6 innings. He still has things to work on, but he’s showing that he belongs in this rotation.

LVMet: Curtis Granderson, Michael Cuddyer, and (to a lesser extent) John Mayberry are getting paid too much to produce this little. They combined to go 2-34 with 10 strikeouts during this series.

Statistics

Mets Player	Performance
Juan Lagares .280/.309/.372 92 wRC+, 0.7 fWAR	3-16, 2 R, 2 2B (8), RBI (20), SB (5), BB, SO
Ruben Tejada .264/.344/.382 105 wRC+, 0.5 fWAR	3-13, R, 2 2B (10), 2 RBI (12), 2 BB, SO
Michael Cuddyer .260/.313/.394 101 wRC+, 0.5 fWAR	1-11, R, 2B (11), BB, 2 SO
Lucas Duda .276/380/.491 146 wRC_, 2.2 fWAR	4-16, 2 R, 2B (20), HR (10) 2 RBI (30), BB, 2 SO
Wilmer Flores .246/.278/.420 96 wRC+, 1 fWAR	3-15, R, 2B (9), 2 RBI (32), SF, 4 SO
John Mayberry .192/.263/.384 82 wRC+, 0 fWAR	0-9, 3 SO
Dilson Herrera .237/.328/.373 100 wRC+, 0.6 fWAR	2-12, SB (2), BB, 4 SO, GIDP
Kevin Plawecki .212/.262/.310 60 wRC+, 0 fWAR	1-4, R, BB
Curtis Granderson .238/.336/.381 106 wRC_, 0.7 fWAR	1-14, 2B (10), 5 SO
Darrell Ceciliani .273/.319/.386 102 wRC+, 0.5 fWAR	2-7, 4 SO
Travis d’Arnaud .279/.324/.485 127 wRC+, 0.7 fWAR	1-10, BB, 2 SO
Eric Campbell .178/.272/.271 59 wRC+, -0.4 fWAR	0-1, GIDP
Totals*	23-128, 8 R, 8 2B, HR, 7 RBI, 8 BB, SF, 2 SB, 28 SO, 2 GIDP
Noah Syndergaard (3.76 ERA)	6 IP, 2 H, R, 2 BB, 11 SO, 109 Pitches (65 Strikes), 3 GO: 3 FO (0-1, SAC, SO)
Matt Harvey (W, 7-4, 3.32 ERA)	7 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 107 Pitches (75 Strikes), 9 GO: 3 FO, 3 IR – 2 S (1-2, 2B (1), RBI (1)
Jon Niese (L, 3-7, 4.21 ERA)	7 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 6 SO, HR, 104 Pitches (64 Strikes), 7 GO: 1 FO
Bartolo Colon (L, 9-5, 4.81 ERA)	4.1 IP, 9 H, 7 R (6 ER), BB, 4 SO, HR, 82 Pitches (47 Strikes), 7 GO
Carlos Torres (2 H, 11, 4.40 ERA)	1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, SO, 2 GO
Jack Leathersich (H, 2, 1.69 ERA)	1 IP, 2 BB, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO, 1 IR – 0 S
Jeurys Familia (BS, 2, 1.39 ERA)	1.1 IP, 2 H, R, BB, 2 SO, HR, 1 GO, 1 IR – 0 S
Hansel Robles (W, 1-1, 5.63 ERA)	2 IP, H, R, BB, 4 GO: 1 FO
Bobby Parnell (S, 1, 0.00 ERA)	1.2 IP, H, 2 SO, 1 GO: 2 FO, 3 IR – 2 S
Akeel Morris (67.50 ERA)	0.2 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 3 BB, HR, 1 GO: 1 FO
Alex Torres (2.55 ERA)	1.2 IP, H, BB, 2 SO, 1 GO: 1 FO
Logan Verrett (4.91 ERA)	2 IP, 4 SO, 2 GO

*Pitcher stats not included

Bullpen

            6.94 ERA, 11.2 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 10 BB, 12 SO, 2 HR, 13 GO: 6 FO, 5 IR – 2 S

            The line from Akeel Morris skews the stats, but it was still one of the weaker performances from the Mets pen this year without his line. If you thought a relief pitcher with an 11.7 BB% in A+ was going to jump to the majors and have success right away, then I have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn that you might be interested in. He can get away with so much in the FSL that he can’t even get away with in AA, let alone the majors.  The move makes sense in retrospect – he was on the 40 and they needed a body until Verrett was recovered from his last PCL start – and I still think Morris has a major league future, but I just hope his outing doesn’t destroy his confidence. On the positive side, Bobby Parnell is showing that he can still get major league hitters out, which may have been a concern for those who could only see his minor league stat lines. Also, the Mets won a game despite a blown save from Familia, which isn’t something I’m confident will happen often.

Looking Ahead

            The Mets stay on the road for 3 in Atlanta and then head Milwaukee for 3 after, with an off day Monday.

Friday at 7:35 PM

Jacob deGrom (7-4, 2.33 ERA, 2.72 FIP, 26.8 K%: 5.1 BB%, 0.74 HR/9)

@ Matt Wisler (MLB debut)

Saturday at 7:10 PM

Noah Syndergaard (2-4, 3.76 ERA, 2.90 FIP, 26 K%: 4.6 BB%, 0.89 HR/9)

@ Williams Perez (3-0, 2.29 ERA, 3.79 FIP, 18.7 K%: 11.5 BB%, 0.46 HR/9)

Sunday at 5:05 PM

Matt Harvey (7-4, 3.32 ERA, 3.46 FIP, 25.7 K%: 4.1 BB%, 1.25 HR/9)

@ Julio Teheran (4-3, 5.07 ERA, 5.05 FIP, 18.2 K%: 8.6 BB%, 1.54 HR/9)

Mets in the Leader Boards

Top-30 MLB, qualified only

2B: Lucas Duda, t-4^th (20)

3B: Juan Lagares, t-7^th (3)

OBP: Duda, t-19^th (.380)

ISO: Duda, 30^th (.216)

BB%: Curtis Granderson, t-19^th (11.9%); Duda, t-26^th (11.3%)

K%: Daniel Murphy, 4^th (7.4%); Wilmer Flores, t-23^rd (12.6%)

wRC+: Duda, 19^th (146)

LD%: Duda, 4^th (29.9%); Granderson, t-10^th (27.7%)

Soft%: Duda, t-18^th (12.1%)

Hard%: Duda, 15^th (39.7%); Granderson, 22^nd (37.9%)

IP: Matt Harvey, 22^nd (86.2); Bartolo Colon, t-23^rd (86); Jacob deGrom, t-28^th (85)

W: Colon, t-3^rd (9); deGrom, t-10^th (7); Harvey, t-10^th (7)

Saves: Jeurys Familia, t-5^th (19)

ERA-: deGrom, t-9^th (64)

FIP-: deGrom, 11^th (72)

K%: deGrom, 11^th (26.8%); Harvey, t-15^th (25.7%)

BB%: Colon, 1^st (2.5%); Harvey, 8^th (4.1%); deGrom, t-20^th (5.1%)

AVG: deGrom, 13^th (.211); Harvey, 29^th (.225)

Soft%: Harvey, t-18^th (21.6%)

GB%: Jon Niese, t-7^th (56%)

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