Thursday catch-all thread (5/1/25)

Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish.

Clay Holmes has gotten off to a great start in his transition back to being a starting pitcher. Sure, there’s the complaint - one that gets logged for every starter on the team - that he doesn’t go deep enough into games. Still, if at the time that he signed we were told that after six starts Holmes would be 3-1 with a 2.64 ERA, we all would have signed on the dotted line to receive that type of production.

Other than innings, the one thing that isn’t great for Holmes is that he’s allowing too many walks. He has a 3.82 BB/9. For a comparison, during his career with the Yankees, in 217.2 IP as a reliever, Holmes had a 2.9 BB/9.

Yet we see that Holmes has improved both in IP and BB from his first three starts to his last three outings here in 2025. Here are his numbers:

Starts 1-3: 14.2 IP, 9 BB, 4.30 ERA
Starts 4-6: 16.0 IP, 4 BB, 1.13 ERA

It’s easy to overreact to three starts but that’s terrific production. The key will be to keep it up for a longer stretch, as well as against tougher competition. Those last three games were against the 13-18 Twins, the 14-17 Cardinals and the 13-18 Nationals.

Holmes’ next game will be on the road in St. Louis. It should be noted that the reason the Cardinals are under .500 is because the Mets swept them in a four-game series.