At seven and 3, the mets own one
of baseball's best records and
they're doing it in a way that
you might not have expected
coming out of spring training.
I'm MLB dot com.
Mets beat reporter, Anthony
docomo and I'll break it down
for you in this edition of the
Beat report.
When the Mets lost, Jacob deGrom
for about two months at the end
of spring training due to a
shoulder injury.
There was a thought that maybe
the rotation wouldn't be able to
carry the team as much as it had
hoped.
And yet through 10 games, the
Mets starters have produced a
1.7 E.R.A. That's not just best
in the league but best in
baseball history.
Since E.R.A. Was invented as a
statistic, every member of the
rotation has been excellent.
None so much as deGrom's
immediate replacement, Tyler
McGill Through two starts,
regulars to and Oh with 11
strikeouts and zero earned runs
allowed Is routinely hit 99 mph
on the radar gun.
Giving the mets hope that he can
be a valuable member of this
rotation.
Even after the ground returns,
It helps that Pet Alonso is
doing his thing again with three
home runs through the 1st 10
games of the season.
The Mets have taken advantage of
the universal DHT as well as any
team in baseball with Alonso,
Don smith, Robinson Cano and JD
Davis all taking turns there
over the first handful of games.
And while this may be
coincidence, Alonso is homered
in every game.
He's played at th with 11 of his
league leading 14 R.B.I.S coming
at designated hitter.
Alonso has made it clear that he
wants to play first base as
often as possible but even he
can't argue with the results and
he's not at that position.
If there's an area of concern
for the Mets, it's most
certainly the bullpen which has
ranked in the bottom third of
the league in E.R.A. Throughout
the early season, all three of
the Mets losses have been
credited to the bullpen with
Seth luego and joeli Rodriguez
in particular having a bit of an
early struggle.
The Mets didn't do much to
upgrade their relief for over
the winter.
Mean they may have to spend some
of the trade deadline to fix it
for now will hope that they're
proven arms can write themselves
but also relying on pleasant
surprises such as Drew smith and
Chasen Shreve this week that
group faces a significant test
when they face one of the other
best teams in the National
League to San Francisco Giants.
Stay tuned to MLB dot com and
MLB network for updates on that
series and more.
I'm MLB dot com's Mets beat
reporter, Anthony docomo and
this has been the beat report