Big slate for revenge tonight. Kyle Harrison faces the Giants, Mike Burrows gets the Pirates, and Kevin Gausman is back in Atlanta.
1. Extras again for the Mets
The Mets played their 12th extra-inning game of the year on Monday in Seattle. That’s three more than any other club. As Anthony DiComo of MLB.com notes, New York is on pace to set the record for extra-inning games in a season, currently held by the Red Sox (31 in 1943). “Not ideal,” manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters, relayed by DiComo. “But it’s part of it. You’ve got to keep going. You’ve got to find a way. I feel like we’ve been playing a lot of close games.” The Mets had won five straight extra-inning contests, including a 10-inning win on Friday against the Marlins. Mariners second baseman Cole Young ended New York’s streak with a walk-off single yesterday.
2. Mlodzinski returns to Pirates
The Pirates reinstated right-hander Carmen Mlodzinski before a three-game series against the Astros. He’s expected to be available to pitch on Tuesday. Mlodzinski was placed on the restricted list over the weekend after the club deemed he wasn’t up for pitching on Sunday against the Twins. The righty recently lost his rotation spot when right-hander Jared Jones returned from the IL. He was a candidate to piggyback with righty Braxton Ashcraft on Sunday. Instead, he could work behind right-hander Bubba Chandler tonight. Chandler hasn’t gone more than five innings in a start since mid-April.
3. deGrom gets 100th win
Rangers right-hander Jacob deGrom tossed five scoreless frames against the Cardinals on Monday, earning the win. It was the 100th victory of his 13-year MLB career. He’s the 16th active pitcher to reach the century mark in wins, notes Jeff Jones of MLB.com. deGrom picked up 82 wins during his nine years with the Mets. That included back-to-back Cy Young seasons in 2018 and 2019. The righty recorded 12 wins with the Rangers last year, his most in a season since 2017.
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Astounding that for the Mets in 2018 he pitched 217 innings across 32 starts with a 1.70 ERA and came away with a W/L record of 10-9. Good on him for managing to crack 100.
What’s astounding is the sport even still tabulates and features w/l for pitchers.
What’s wrong with that sack? It’s a fun stat. Everybody knows they don’t truly reflect a pitchers worth but it still shows longevity and durability.
What’s even more astounding is how offended saber guys get just by the mere mention of a number existing. If you don’t like the stat, then IGNORE it. No one is shoveling it down your throat. You do not have to erase it from existence for it to not affect your life in any way at all. There are a lot of alphabet soup stats that I don’t care about, so I ignore them.
People used to call that gettting Felixed since it happened a lot to Hernandez
nowadays it should really be called getting degromed when pitchers allow one run and get credit for the loss
Skenes has better run support this year but he got screwed over so much by his offense
Felix is probably forever the king of it, if only because his 2010 season got the writers to have to admit that W-L record really shouldn’t be a factor in Cy Young voting
Congats for deGrom! And, hopefully Burrows can find consistency like Imai.