Let’s get to know my favorite Mets player Rick Porcello, via these notes from my friends the Mets. Mr. Porcello is am alumni of Seton Hall Prep and donated a lot of money to build what is now known as Porcello Field. I appreciate anyone who remembers from where they came…..and that’s why he’s my favorite Met.
CLOSE TO HOME: Went to Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, NJ, 21 miles away from Citi Field…Grew up rooting for the Mets…Was born in Morristown, NJ and resides there in the offseason.
2019 RECAP: Surpassed career milestones of 2,000.0 innings (2,037.1) and 1,500 strikeouts (1,507)…Finished the season one win shy of 150, ranking fifth among active pitchers with 149 wins…Went 14-12 overall in 32 starts in his final season of a five-year stay in Boston.
RELIABLE RICK: Over the last four years (2016-2019), Porcello and Justin Verlander are the only pitchers in the majors to make 32 or more starts each season…He is the only qualifying pitcher to average fewer than 3.0 walks per nine innings in each of the last 11 seasons.
A BUCK AND A HALF: With a win tonight, Porcello will become the 10th active pitcher to reach the 150-win milestone and would move into a tie for ninth among active players in career wins (also, David Price)…Porcello has won 149 games through 343 career appearances…Since 1995, only 12 pitchers have reached 150 career victories in 344 games or fewer.
WINNER: Porcello is tied for 11th among active pitchers with 149 career wins… He’s earned at least 10 victories in all but one of his 11 major league campaigns… He is one of just five pitchers with at least 10 seasons with double-digit wins since his rookie year in 2009, joining Zack Greinke (11), Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander and Jon Lester.
INNING EATER: Porcello completed at least 6.0 frames in 207 starts during the 2010s, making him one of just 13 pitchers who made at least 200 starts of at least 6.0 innings in the last 10 seasons…Porcello is one of just 10 pitchers in the modern era to throw at least 162.0 innings in each of his first 11 major league seasons…He’s the only active pitcher who has done so.
