Monday, April 1, 2024 • 7:10 PM
Citi Field • Flushing, NY
RHP Reese Olson (0-0, -.–) vs. LHP Sean Manaea (0-0, -.–)
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The Mets are still looking for their first win of 2024 tonight as they welcome the Tigers to Citi Field. The Brewers swept the Mets on Opening Weekend. Overall, it looked like the Mets were just slightly off. Friday they struck out a ton and had loud/hard-hit outs. Saturday the Mets showed fight and clawed back, but the pitching put them too deep in the hole. Yesterday was more like Friday – hard-hit outs and missed chances.
The Brewers have had the Mets number over the last couple of seasons, and maybe the Mets just need to face a team not from Wisconsin – in comes the Detroit Tigers! The Tigers had the opposite weekend of the Mets as they swept their first three games against the Chicago White Sox.
New week, new month, new opponent, let’s go!
Sean Manaea makes his Mets debut tonight. Last season, he pitched in 37 games, including ten starts where he totaled 117 2/3 innings with a 4.44 ERA, 3.90 FIP, 1.241 WHIP and a 95 ERA+. Manaea’s season took off last year in late July. From July 29th to the end of the season, he pitched in 14 games (51 2/3 innings) with a 2.61 ERA. He faced the Tigers near the start of the season and allowed two runs from four hits over 3 1/3 innings while striking out four. The Tigers have the following career numbers against him:
The Mets bats will look to establish some consistency in 2024 against Reese Olson. In his first season last year, Olson pitched in 21 games, making 18 starts with 103 2/3 innings of work with a 3.99 ERA, 4.01 FIP, 1.119 WHIP and 111 ERA+. Reese Olson threw a mid-90s fastball about half the time last year and relied on his slider the most as his secondary pitch. About 20% of the time last season, he would also toss a changeup and a curve. The only person on the Mets roster to face him in a major league game is Joey Wendle (0-for-3).
The Mets’ 0-3 start is their worst start since the 2014 season.
Manager Carlos Mendoza returns to the dugout today after serving his one-game suspension for the wild pitch Yohan Ramírez threw behind Rhys Hoskins on Saturday.
Following an early exit from Sunday’s game, the Mets put RHP Tylor Megill on the IL with a right shoulder strain and recalled RHP Reed Garrett from Syracuse.
Let’s go Mets!
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