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After taking three out of four from the Dodgers, the Mets (45-43, 10GB) travel to San Francisco to close out the first half of the season with a three-game series against the Giants (50-39, 1st NL West).
Much like last year, the Giants are doing it with pitching. They are well above league average in just about every category, and ungodly when it comes to preventing home runs on fly balls. Now, part of that is a park factor, but compare their rate to the Mets.
Generally speaking, I am a pitching > hitting guy. But the Mets are playing well and have been the NL's best team on the road (26-21). I'd feel a whole lot better if Reyes was in the lineup, but I'll still say the Mets close out by winning 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