The Mets might be examined this week with a rematch of the 2022 NL Wild Card sequence on faucet.
So far this season, the Mets have performed seven of their 10 video games towards the lowly Miami Marlins, a staff that has some good beginning pitching however not a lot else. The solely different staff the Mets have confronted in 2023 was the Milwaukee Brewers, who swept the Mets in a three-game sequence final week and is likely to be higher than some thought at 7-2 on the season.
So now the 6-4 Padres come to city. Another staff with World Series aspirations and a deep-pocketed proprietor who’s sparing no expense for his membership, working in a lot the identical trend because the Mets. Since they final noticed the Mets, they’ve added Xander Bogaerts and Nelson Cruz. The Mets have added pitchers Justin Verlander, Kodai Senga and a bevy of different relievers.
The two groups have had comparable begins to the season, with accidents to pitchers and a few inconsistent play. The Padres misplaced their first two video games to the Colorado Rockies — the Marlins of the NL West — and will most likely use one other pitcher. The Mets couldn’t full the sweep of Miami over the weekend and will most likely use one other bat.
However, the Padres are coming into New York having gained three of 4 in Atlanta towards the Braves. Former Mets’ right-hander Seth Lugo received the win in Sunday’’s 10-2 walloping of the Braves, going six sturdy and limiting them to only one earned run.
Bogaerts enters the sequence slashing .324/.422/.649 with 190 OPS+. The Padres personal the sixth-best slugging proportion in baseball proper now (.448).
For the Mets, Pete Alonso has been the engine that drives the offense, main the league with 5 house runs and slashing .237/.326/.658 with a 153 OPS+ in 10 video games.
The sequence will begin with right-hander Max Scherzer going through right-hander Yu Darvish. The marquee matchup is must-watch baseball, nevertheless it will get rather less thrilling within the second and third video games of the sequence, with lefties Ryan Weathers and David Peterson beginning Tuesday and Tylor Megill going for the Mets within the finale. San Diego hasn’t named a starter for the third recreation.
Megill and Peterson can have their very own storylines for the Mets this week because the membership that attempted to assemble a deep rotation is immediately pitching within the shallow finish. Carlos Carrasco was shelled as soon as once more Sunday and whereas his subsequent flip by way of the rotation gained’t come till the Mets are in Oakland subsequent weekend, Peterson and Megill have had management points they’ll must work by way of to ensure that the 5-5 Mets to get again into the win column.
But the largest storyline is likely to be the dealing with of catcher Francisco Alvarez. The membership’s high prospect is with the Major League staff as Omar Narvaez is sidelined with a left calf pressure. The 21-year-old had some good at-bats over the weekend however Sunday he allowed 5 stolen bases in 5 makes an attempt. Teams are solely going to proceed to capitalize on that weak point if he can’t get it beneath management.
The Mets will finish the week in Oakland and although the A’s aren’t precisely a juggernaut, a 10-game, three-city California swing with no days off will pose a severe problem, particularly for the pitching workers. Verlander is hopeful he could make his Mets debut on that journey however the membership nonetheless hasn’t selected a plan of motion for his return.
Two weeks from now, we’ll know much more in regards to the Mets and their capacity to beat adversity.
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