The Mets' early string of pitching success is now a distant memory. The team sports a 4.40 ERA, which ranks 26th in baseball, and its 4.16 FIP isn't much better at 24th. Mets starting pitchers have been decent, but the team's bullpen owns a 5.35 ERA, the second-highest in the game. Basically, things have been pretty ugly this year and particularly so over the past week.
Player | Last Week | This Week | Comment |
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Scott Atchison, RHP | Atchison's line for the week—3.86 ERA with 1 K and 1 BB in 2.1 IP—doesn't reflect how terribly he pitched in relief of Niese yesterday. | ||
Robert Carson, LHP | -- | The horror. | |
Josh Edgin, LHP | Despite good strikeout and walk rates—9.6 K/9 and 3.9 BB/9—Edgin was demoted to Double-A Binghamton with a 9.64 ERA thus far in the big league season. | ||
Jeurys Familia, RHP | Jeurys Familia had a good week out of the Mets' bullpen. Let's hope that's the case again this week. | ||
Dillon Gee, RHP | Gee cruised through five innings but then got shellacked by the Phillies in the sixth. | ||
Matt Harvey, RHP | Harvey notched 7 K to just 1 BB in 6 IP, which was good. He gave up three runs, including a two-run home run to Matt Kemp, which wasn't quite as good. | ||
LaTroy Hawkins, RHP | It was another good week for the least appreciated pitcher in the Mets' bullpen. | ||
Jeremy Hefner, RHP | 7 innnings, 1 run: That's perfectly acceptable and was Hefner's best outing of the year. Unfortunately, the Mets still lost the game. | ||
Brandon Lyon, RHP | In three appearances, Lyon allowed three runs, zero runs, and one run. It was not his finest week. | ||
Shaun Marcum, RHP | -- | Marcum's Mets debut was less than stellar, but he should be better next time out there if he's healthy. | |
Jon Niese, LHP | Despite posting a 2.00 ERA in 9 innings—his first start lasted just 2.1 because he was drilled with a ground ball—Niese wasn't particularly impressive but avoided poor results. | ||
Bobby Parnell, RHP | Just 2.2 more scoreless innings for the Mets' best relief pitcher. | ||
Scott Rice, LHP | Just okay in four outings, it'll be surprising if Rice's arm doesn't fall off. The Mets have played 23 games. Rice has appeared in 14. |