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The Mets' pitching staff remains a strength, and things went well for the starting rotation, which had a 3.00 ERA despite a couple of sub-par starts, this week. The bullpen, however, had a 4.85 ERA, thanks mostly to a terrible ninth inning against the Marlins in what should have been an easy, stress-free win.
| Player | Last Week | This Week | Comment |
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| Jerry Blevins, LHP |  |
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Blevins re-broke his arm and won’t pitch again this season. |
| Tyler Clippard, RHP |  |
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It wasn’t a great week for Clippard, who gave up one run in two innings of work. |
| Bartolo Colon, RHP | |
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Overall, Colon had a 3.07 ERA for the week, but it was one of those weeks during which he had an excellent start and a not-so-good one. |
| Jacob deGrom, RHP | |
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deGrom was very good again, even if his ERA went up from 2.09 to 2.13 in his start this week. |
| Jeurys Familia, RHP | |
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Familia threw two-and-one-third scoreless innings with some strikeouts and no walks. That is good. |
| Sean Gilmartin, LHP | |
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Gilmartin put together three scoreless innings, his heaviest single-week workload in a while. |
| Erik Goeddel, RHP | |
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He’s not back yet, but it sounds like Goeddel could rejoin the team relatively soon. |
| Matt Harvey, RHP | |
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Harvey threw seven scoreless innings in what was a blowout until the bullpen nearly blew it in the game’s final inning against the Marlins. |
| Steven Matz, LHP | |
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The young lefty has begun throwing, and the Mets seem to think he could be back in early September. |
| Jon Niese, LHP | |
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Niese continued his mostly-great stretch of pitching with a seven-inning outing. He now has a 2.78 ERA in eleven starts dating back to the beginning of June. |
| Eric O’Flaherty, LHP | -- | |
With a 27.00 ERA in 1.1 innings, O’Flaherty’s Mets debut week did not go swimmingly. |
| Bobby Parnell, RHP | |
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He threw a couple of scoreless innings, but the strikeouts and walks have not looked good. |
| Hansel Robles, RHP | |
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Robles only pitched one-third of an inning and came out of it with a 54.00 ERA for the week. |
| Noah Syndergaard, RHP |  |
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In his lone start of the week, Syndergaard reminded us that he is, in fact, human. |
| Carlos Torres, RHP | |
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With a couple of scoreless innings, Torres is down to a 3.50 ERA and 2.99 FIP on the season. It’s almost like he’s a perfectly decent major league relief pitcher. |