Garrett in particular has looked less sharp recently, but Brazoban seems to be getting stronger and yesterday's game was terrific, particularly the length he gave the team. He'd be an all star if the voting took place today.
In the Game Chatter last night, I was wondering why Mendoza called for Garrett in the 8th inning rather than Stanek. But he put up a scoreless inning and sometimes all's well that ends well. Hopefully he can throw strikes because the stuff is good.
This is what Reed Garrett did last year. While the numbers don't match up exactly, the bottom line is that he was stellar in April and poor in May. We just didn't notice it last year because we were blinded by that excellent April from this come-from-nowhere pitcher.
In his first 8 games in May in 2024, Garrett had a 0.96 ERA, with 13 Ks in 9.1 IP. You can say it's nitpicking but Garrett was good for most of May. He had two bad outings in May of 2024. He pitched in 13 games and in 11 of those, he allowed 2 ER in 11.2 IP and in 2 of those, he allowed 7 ER in 1.2 IP
He went thru the same 6-12 game poor stretch that almost every reliever goes thru, a span that went from May 22 to June 9. In 8 games he had an 11.74 ERA.
Clearly the pitching has kept this team in a great spot, currently 10 games over .500. Without the work of the pen, that is asked to get 9-12 outs every night, the Mets might just be playing in the sand box with the Nats and Fish, versus hanging round near the top of the division with the Phillies. Minter is the big loss and Nunez not back to last year's form is a bummer. Never liked Young. It will be interesting to see what happens when Blackburn is ready to see if they just place him in the pen or keep him at AAA as a backup starter. Same question when Montas and Manaea are ready as clearly they are starters and would likely prompt either Peterson or Megill to move to the pen. Then who gets dropped from the pen is the next decision.
Blackburn is out of options, so he can't just be kept in Syracuse. Will Sammons said that the Mets could need Blackburn as a 6th starter when he first gets called up, as they play 13 games in a row from tail end of May till early June, then be moved to the pen. As for M & M, absolutely pointless to speculate at this point. They're still weeks away. The situation could change and create an opening or two for them at that point. We would also be at the point where trades can be made.
There's zero chance I would take Peterson out of the rotation for Montas. Montas may be a starter, but he hasn't been a very good one in at least 3 years. He could be a 6th starter over Blackburn maybe, but no way should he displace anyone currently, other than possibly Megill who could have a role similar to Kranick and Brazoban.
The new normal is 5.1 innings for a MLB starting pitcher. It seems like Heffner and Mendoza have embraced it. That leaves 11 for the bullpen. Thats five outs (or more) for the muti-inning relievers (Brazoban, Kranick, Butto), 3 outs for the setup man (Stanek, Garrett) , 3 outs for the closer Diaz and sprinkling in the Lefties (Castillo, Cabrera) when the situation presents itself. If it isn't a hold or save situation they then the substitute a multi-inning inning and a lefty. Generally , from my observation , this is the plan and Hefner and Mendoza has figured it out.
Sometimes it’s not even 5.1 innings. I think the starting pitcher the last time they played went 4.2 innings. This is a trend throughout baseball though, and it’s not the Mets only that the starting pitching is not what it used to be and I think the Mets might be in a really good position because they have a good bullpen and a good closer
I am very happy overall with the New York Mets and their pitching this season. This year so far they are doing really good and if they could keep that up they will be in good shape. The starting pitching is important too though and to me, they appear to have a stronger bullpen
Garrett in particular has looked less sharp recently, but Brazoban seems to be getting stronger and yesterday's game was terrific, particularly the length he gave the team. He'd be an all star if the voting took place today.
In the Game Chatter last night, I was wondering why Mendoza called for Garrett in the 8th inning rather than Stanek. But he put up a scoreless inning and sometimes all's well that ends well. Hopefully he can throw strikes because the stuff is good.
This is what Reed Garrett did last year. While the numbers don't match up exactly, the bottom line is that he was stellar in April and poor in May. We just didn't notice it last year because we were blinded by that excellent April from this come-from-nowhere pitcher.
In his first 8 games in May in 2024, Garrett had a 0.96 ERA, with 13 Ks in 9.1 IP. You can say it's nitpicking but Garrett was good for most of May. He had two bad outings in May of 2024. He pitched in 13 games and in 11 of those, he allowed 2 ER in 11.2 IP and in 2 of those, he allowed 7 ER in 1.2 IP
He went thru the same 6-12 game poor stretch that almost every reliever goes thru, a span that went from May 22 to June 9. In 8 games he had an 11.74 ERA.
Clearly the pitching has kept this team in a great spot, currently 10 games over .500. Without the work of the pen, that is asked to get 9-12 outs every night, the Mets might just be playing in the sand box with the Nats and Fish, versus hanging round near the top of the division with the Phillies. Minter is the big loss and Nunez not back to last year's form is a bummer. Never liked Young. It will be interesting to see what happens when Blackburn is ready to see if they just place him in the pen or keep him at AAA as a backup starter. Same question when Montas and Manaea are ready as clearly they are starters and would likely prompt either Peterson or Megill to move to the pen. Then who gets dropped from the pen is the next decision.
Blackburn is out of options, so he can't just be kept in Syracuse. Will Sammons said that the Mets could need Blackburn as a 6th starter when he first gets called up, as they play 13 games in a row from tail end of May till early June, then be moved to the pen. As for M & M, absolutely pointless to speculate at this point. They're still weeks away. The situation could change and create an opening or two for them at that point. We would also be at the point where trades can be made.
There's zero chance I would take Peterson out of the rotation for Montas. Montas may be a starter, but he hasn't been a very good one in at least 3 years. He could be a 6th starter over Blackburn maybe, but no way should he displace anyone currently, other than possibly Megill who could have a role similar to Kranick and Brazoban.
The new normal is 5.1 innings for a MLB starting pitcher. It seems like Heffner and Mendoza have embraced it. That leaves 11 for the bullpen. Thats five outs (or more) for the muti-inning relievers (Brazoban, Kranick, Butto), 3 outs for the setup man (Stanek, Garrett) , 3 outs for the closer Diaz and sprinkling in the Lefties (Castillo, Cabrera) when the situation presents itself. If it isn't a hold or save situation they then the substitute a multi-inning inning and a lefty. Generally , from my observation , this is the plan and Hefner and Mendoza has figured it out.
Sometimes it’s not even 5.1 innings. I think the starting pitcher the last time they played went 4.2 innings. This is a trend throughout baseball though, and it’s not the Mets only that the starting pitching is not what it used to be and I think the Mets might be in a really good position because they have a good bullpen and a good closer
I am very happy overall with the New York Mets and their pitching this season. This year so far they are doing really good and if they could keep that up they will be in good shape. The starting pitching is important too though and to me, they appear to have a stronger bullpen