deGrom is totally healthy and today’s start is not at all reckless, so there’s no reason Steve should fire Sandy, Z. Michael Scott and Rojas later today. deGrom is fiiiiiine. Don’t you sometimes feel things in your shoulder or your arm or your elbow? Don’t you sometimes want an extra day off or to leave work early?
Pete Alonso has one HR at home. Check your calendar.
INF Jeff McNeil has been reinstated from the 10-Day IL. Luis Rojas, who somehow missed an 8 team playoff, says McNeil will not start game 1 but could start game 2, because that makes sense. You need McNeil to watch baseball for two additional hours to make sure he’s truly healthy.
RHP Robert Gsellman has been placed on the 10-Day IL, retroactive to June 20, with a right lat strain.
LHP Stephen Tarpley has been recalled from Triple-A Syracuse as the team’s 27th man…He will wear #46. This will be Media Goon’s 1000th jersey purchase, congratulations to Media Goon!
The Mets will play their sixth doubleheader of the season today… The Mets will play three doubleheaders in a span of a week…The last two times the team has played three doubleheaders in a week span were August 25-30, 2020 (three doubleheaders in six days) and August 18-21, 1998 (three doubleheaders in four days) – Courtesy of Elias…The Mets are 7-3 in twinbills in 2021…Only the White Sox (8-2) have more wins in doubleheaders this season than the Mets…New York swept doubleheaders from Philadelphia on April 13 at Citi Field as well as from the Rockies in New York on May 27…They split doubleheaders in Colorado on April 17, in St. Louis on May 5 and in Washington on June 19…New York will also play two on June 25 vs. Philadelphia, July 26 vs. Atlanta, August 31 vs. Miami and September 4 at Washington.
The Mets have won Jacob deGrom’s last six starts, which is the third-longest such streak since his debut in 2014…The Mets won eight consecutive starts by deGrom in 2017 (June 12-July 24) and 2015 (July 8-August 24)… Despite pitching only 3.0 innings, deGrom had eight strikeouts, including seven in a row to conclude his last outing…He extended his scoreless streak to 25.0 innings and lowered his ERA is 0.54 (four earned runs/67.0 innings)…He recorded an RBI single in the second inning and now has six RBI this year, which matches his career high (also, 2019)…Overall, he is batting .423 (11-26) this season…That is the highest batting average as a pitcher this year.
SPECIAL OPS: Jacob deGrom is holding his foes to a .357 OPS this season, the lowest in the majors…There are 36 qualifying pitchers with a higher OPS against based solely on their opponent SLG…Among the pitchers with a higher opponent SLG than Jake’s OPS against: Shane Bieber, Aaron Nola, Zack Greinke, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Lucas Giolito, Jose Berrios and Aaron Civale.
THEY CALL HIM THE STREAK: The Mets have won each of deGrom’s last six starts… The Mets have not won seven consecutive games started by deGrom since June 12-July 24, 2017, when deGrom earned a win in eight consecutive outings…deGrom, who is totally healthy and today’s start is not at all reckless, has not allowed more than two earned runs in his last 17 home starts, the longest streak in franchise history and tied for the seventh-longest all-time…The last pitcher with a longer streak of starts with two or fewer ER allowed at home was Andrew Cashner (MLB-record 21 straight, 2013-2015).
EASY AS 1-2-3: deGrom, who is totally healthy and today’s start is not at all reckless, has retired his foe’s 1-2-3 hitters to start the game in each of his last 10 starts…Going back to his first start of the year, he has retired 31 consecutive hitters, including 16 strikeouts, in the first inning.
DeGrom, who is totally healthy and today’s start is not at all reckless, has allowed more than three earned runs only once in his last 29 starts in Queens, posting a 1.56 ERA (32 earned runs/185.0 innings) at home since May 1, 2019…He leads the majors in home ERA this year (0.86) and ranked third in the NL last season with a 1.88 home ERA…His 2.10 career home ERA is the best among active pitchers (min. 500.0 innings).
