Game Chat: Mets vs Giants, 9:45 P.M.

Monday, April 22, 2024 • 9:45 PM
Oracle Park • San Francisco, CA
LHP Jose Quintana (1-1, 3.05) vs. RHP Logan Webb (1-3, 4.09)
SNY

Tonight is the first time this season the Mets will face a team with a losing record. Every team the Mets have faced, except the Pirates, still has a winning record! (As of writing, the Pirates are at .500). The first team with a losing record the Mets will face, the San Francisco Giants, were projected to finish the season with a winning record, so it’s not like tonight will be a walk in Oracle Park.

Despite getting crushed by the Dodgers on Sunday, the Mets are coming off of a successful weekend, winning their fifth consecutive series in a row. Was Sunday a blip, or does it impact play tonight?

Mets Lineup

1. Brandon Nimmo, LF
2. Starling Marte, RF
3. Francisco Lindor, SS
4. Pete Alonso, 1B
5. Brett Baty, 3B
6. DJ Stewart, DH
7. Jeff McNeil, 2B
8. Harrison Bader, CF
9. Omar Narváez, C

Luis Severino looks to right the ship this evening. Over four starts (21 innings), he has a 2.14 ERA, 3.73 FIP, 1.381 WHIP and an 189 ERA+. In his last two starts, he has allowed only two runs, one earned, from six hits and seven walks while striking out eight. This is a stark comparison to his first two outings, where he allowed 14 hits and eight runs. The Giants have the following career numbers against Severino:

• Matt Chapman 1-13, 2 BB, 4 K
• Michael Conforto 0-8, BB, 4 K
• Wilmer Flores 0-4, 3 K
• Jorge Soler 1-3

Opposing Lineup

1. Austin Slater, RF
2. Wilmer Flores, 1B
3. Jung Hoo Lee, CF
4. Jorge Soler, DH
5. Matt Chapman, 3B
6. Michael Conforto, LF
7. Thairo Estrada, 2B
8. Tom Murphy, C
9. Nick Ahmed, SS

Life doesn’t get much easier for the Mets’ bats tonight, going from Tyler Glasnow on Sunday to Logan Webb. Over five starts (30 2/3 innings), Webb has a 2.93 ERA, 2.88 FIP, 1.174 WHIP and a 138 ERA+. He’s been even better in his last two starts, where he allowed only one earned run over 14 innings while striking out nine in 14 innings of work. Webb is coming off a season where he had a 3.25 ERA over a league-leading 216 innings pitched.

Oddly enough, the last time that Logan Webb faced the Mets was April 22nd, 2023. He held the Mets to two runs from five hits over seven innings on his way to his first win of the season. The Mets have the following career numbers against Webb:

• Pete Alonso 1-11, HR, BB, 5 K
• Harrison Bader 2-4, 2 BB
• Brett Baty 0-2, 2 K
• Francisco Lindor 2-7, 2B, 2 K
• Starling Marte 4-11, K
• Jeff McNeil 2-9, 2B, BB, K
• Omar Narváez 0-5, K
• Tomás Nido 1-6
• Brandon Nimmo 1-11, HR, BB, 3 K
• Tyrone Taylor 0-4, BB, 2 K
• Joey Wendle 0-3, 2 BB

Game Notes

• Prior to Monday’s game, the Mets made a flurry of roster moves. They activated RHP Sean Reid-Foley from the IL and optioned RHP Grant Hartwig to Syracuse. In addition, the team designated RHP Michael Tonkin for assignment and recalled LHP Josh Walker from Syracuse.

Three Things To Watch For

1. Old Friends! The Mets-Giants series is always if you like seeing old Met players. Wilmer Flores is hitting .218/.297/.273 this season over 64 plate appearances with a 65 OPS+. He has not hit a homer yet this season. Michael Conforto is hitting .259/.302/.469 over 86 plate appearances with a 117 OPS+. He already has four homers this season and nine extra-base hits total.
2. We tried it, didn’t work. The Mets racked up stolen bases in the first two games against the Dodgers. Then Sunday happened, and the Mets were caught stealing on both their attempts. Will the Mets be aggressive today like yesterday?
3. Tomás Nido tossed a runner out! Baserunners have been running wild on the Mets all season. Sunday, Tomás Nido became the first catcher on the Mets to toss a runner out stealing a base. The Mets will need Nido and Narváez behind the plate to do this more often so teams don’t feel as empowered to steal.

Let’s go Mets!

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