Game Chat: Mets vs Twins, 7:40 PM

Monday, April 14, 2025 • 7:40 PM
Target Field • Minneapolis, MN
RHP Clay Holmes (1-1, 4.30) vs. RHP Joe Ryan (1-1, 2.65)
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The Mets are on a roll! They enter play Monday in first place with a 10-5 record, powered by a 7-2 record when facing teams with a winning percentage above .500. The Mets shut out the Athletics on Sunday 8-0, led by Kodai Senga’s masterful seven innings of work. The score hides that the Mets struggled for most of the game, not scoring until the sixth inning, and the bulk of the scoring happened in the ninth inning. The batters must be on point Monday as the Mets take on Joe Ryan.

Mets Lineup

1. Francisco Lindor, SS
2. Juan Soto, RF
3. Pete Alonso, 1B
4. Brandon Nimmo, LF
5. Mark Vientos, 3B
6. Jesse Winker, DH
7. Luis Torrens, C
8. Tyrone Taylor, CF
9. Luisangel Acuña, 2B

Clay Holmes has allowed nine runs, seven earned, over 14 2/3 innings this season while striking out 20 batters (4.30 ERA, 2.32 FIP, 1.705 WHIP and a 90 ERA+). He allowed four runs over 5 1/3 innings in his last start against the Marlins. That line hides how he gave up two runs early, cruised through his next four innings, and allowed two more in the sixth. He faced the Twins twice in 2024, holding them to one hit and no runs over two innings. The Twins have the following career numbers against Holmes:

• Harrison Bader 1-2, 2B
• Byron Buxton 0-2, BB, K
• Willi Castro 1-2
• Carlos Correa 1-3, 2B, K
• Ty France 1-6, 2 K
• Edouard Julien 0-1

Opposing Lineup

1. Edouard Julien, DH
2. Byron Buxton, CF
3. Willi Castro, 2B
4. Matt Wallner, RF
5. Carlos Correa, SS
6. Trevor Larnach, LF
7. Ty France, 1B
8. Brooks Lee, 3B
9. Christian Vázquez, C

Joe Ryan has a 2.65 ERA, 3.47 FIP, 0.706 WHIP and a 156 ERA+ over three starts and 17 innings this year. His starts are either terrific (one run over 12 innings) or terrible (four runs over five innings, allowing two home runs) in 2025. Ryan is coming off a solid year where he made 23 starts totaling 135 innings with a 3.60 ERA, 3.44 FIP, 0.985 WHIP and 116 ERA+. Only two Mets have seen Joe Ryan in an official game:

• Juan Soto 0-3, 2 K
• Jesse Winker 0-3, BB, K

Game Notes

• According to the Mets Player Development, the Mets Minor League Player of the Week is A.J. Ewing. Jack Wenninger took home honors as the Mets Minor League Pitcher of the Week.
• Ronny Mauricio will begin a rehab stint with St. Lucie Mets on Tuesday. He will be their designated hitter as he plays in his first game since suffering an ACL tear in the Dominican Winter League back in 2023.

Three Things To Watch For

1. Positive signs for struggling hitters. Brett Baty made a few amazing defensive plays yesterday and went 1-for-5 at the plate with a run and an RBI. Acuña also went 1-for-5, scoring the first run of the game. He turned on his jets, running from first to home on a Lindor single. The top of the lineup is revving up for the Mets, but the bottom of the lineup stalls out. The Mets need at least one of their struggling hitters to go on a hot streak this week.
2. Keep the momentum going. The Mets went 3-for-12 Sunday with runners in scoring position, bringing the total to the weekend series to 5-for-31. Not great. After not scoring for the first five innings on Sunday, the Mets scored in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth innings to win 8-0. Hopefully, this will carry over on Monday!
3. Hit By Pitch. The Mets have already been hit by eight pitches this year, tied for eighth in baseball with the Royals and Orioles. Joe Ryan is leading the league with four hit-by pitches this season. That’s slightly more than one per start. This is not a narrative we necessarily want to follow, but one that seems probably tonight.

Let’s go Mets!

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