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Tonight, the Mets (39-39, 9.5GB) travel to Detroit to take on the Tigers (42-36, 1st AL Central) in a three-game series.
Both teams have been playing .500 ball of late. The bad news: the Tigers may have the best pitcher on the planet right now in Justin Verlander. The even worse news: the Mets draw him in game three of this series.
That being said, the Mets are finding all kinds of ways to score and have a good shot at taking two out of three from the Tigers. Of course, that assumes they win the first two. The Tigers have hit well this month, but if Dickey and Capuano can keep the Mets in the first two games they've got a decent shot to win the series.
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Graphic Guide: League average is scaled to 100. Scores higher than 100 indicate performance better than league average, less than 100 indicates performance worse than league average regardless of the statistic. For example, if a team has a FIP of 110% on the graph their actual FIP is 10% better than league average.
Offense
RS/G: Runs Scored per Game
wOBA: Weighted On-base Average
OBP: On-base Percentage
SLG: Slugging
BABIP: Batting Average on Balls in Play
HR/FB: Home run to Fly Ball Ratio
Defense
RA/G: Runs Against per Game
FIP: Fielding Independent Pitching
tERA: True Runs Allowed
LOB%: Left On-base Percentage
BABIP: Batting Average on Balls in Play
K/BB: Strikeouts to Walk Ratio
HR/FB: Home run to Fly Ball Ratio
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