The pitching staff had a really good week and a half.
The Mets’ pitchers have been a big part of the reason for their current seven game winning streak. While there have been a few games where the bats woke up, the offense has still been inconsistent at best, and so the strength of the pitching staff has been a boon. While the bullpen is still a work in progress, but the starters have begun to coalesce into something stable.
Amazin’ Avenue
Speaking of the rotation, now that Kodai Senga and Sean Manaea are back from the Injured List and starting to throw beyond their limited pitch counts, both are looking more like themselves, even if Senga still has a bit of rust on him. David Peterson continues to be the steadiest hand in the rotation, and Clay Holmes had a bounce back start in his second of this period, and Frankie Montas had a perfectly cromulent start against the Angels.
On the bullpen side, Edwin Díaz has continued to get great results while making folks sweat the entire time. The churn continues in the lower-leverage slots, but the core of the ‘pen – Ryne Stanek, Brooks Raley, Reed Garrett, and new addition Gregory Soto – all look very good. We’ll see who else the Mets add in the coming week to make next week’s meters even more chaotic.
Best performance: David Peterson
While neither of Peterson’s starts in this period were his best of the season, they continued to be incredibly solid: over 12 innings pitched, Peterson gave up just one earned run, four walks, and striking out eight. Peterson has now worked into the sixth inning in all but three of his 20 starts, has only allowed more than 3 earned runs twice.
Worst Performance: Alex Carrillo
This is unfair as Carrillo only pitched in one game in this period, but in his one and a third innings pitched, he gave up five earned runs on three home runs and two walks. That’s about as bad of a relief appearance as you can muster.
Biggest change from last meter: Ryne Stanek
After a rough week before the All-Star Break, Stanek has only allowed four base runners in four innings, none of them scoring. Two of those appearances resulted in saves, one in a hold, and did not issue one walk.