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| 953 | WASHINGTON | +140 | Ov 8,+110 | -130 | Ov 9,-115 | | 954 | NY METS | -150 | Un 8,-130 | +120 | Un 9,-105 |
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| All Games | 92-60 | +8.5 | 66-76 | 5.1 | 0.266 | 0.330 | 0.434 | 0.764 | 4.1 | 0.238 | 0.300 | 0.393 | 0.693 | | Road Games | 47-28 | +15.3 | 33-37 | 5.0 | 0.246 | 0.311 | 0.418 | 0.729 | 4.0 | 0.235 | 0.302 | 0.386 | 0.688 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 70-46 | +5 | 54-56 | 5.3 | 0.268 | 0.335 | 0.437 | 0.772 | 4.3 | 0.243 | 0.304 | 0.402 | 0.706 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +0.4 | 1-5 | 3.9 | 0.214 | 0.282 | 0.348 | 0.630 | 3.0 | 0.193 | 0.241 | 0.345 | 0.586 | | Grass Games | 92-60 | +8.5 | 66-76 | 5.1 | 0.266 | 0.330 | 0.434 | 0.764 | 4.1 | 0.238 | 0.300 | 0.393 | 0.693 | | Night Games | 66-32 | +23.1 | 46-45 | 5.1 | 0.267 | 0.329 | 0.435 | 0.764 | 3.9 | 0.235 | 0.299 | 0.392 | 0.691 | | Division | 44-26 | +1.6 | 36-30 | 5.2 | 0.274 | 0.337 | 0.441 | 0.777 | 4.3 | 0.249 | 0.310 | 0.404 | 0.715 |
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| All Games | 5.1 | 0.266 | 0.330 | 152 | 5211 | 1385 | 282 | 27 | 180 | 0.434 | 753 | 503 | 1227 | 82 | 1021 | 121 | 86 | 129 | 80 | | Road Games | 5.0 | 0.246 | 0.311 | 75 | 2594 | 638 | 136 | 16 | 93 | 0.418 | 363 | 245 | 621 | 37 | 470 | 54 | 46 | 62 | 29 | | Righty Starters | 5.3 | 0.268 | 0.335 | 116 | 3978 | 1068 | 217 | 20 | 138 | 0.437 | 594 | 398 | 924 | 69 | 779 | 97 | 71 | 100 | 59 |
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| All Games | 4.48 | 1.329 | 438 | 228 | 218 | 434 | 62 | 148 | 407 | 23-16 | 43 | 14 | 75.4% | | Road Games | 5.05 | 1.459 | 205 | 123 | 115 | 220 | 31 | 79 | 197 | 7-8 | 27 | 5 | 84.4% |
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| All Games | 65-87 | -30.3 | 87-54 | 4.6 | 0.251 | 0.316 | 0.423 | 0.738 | 5.4 | 0.275 | 0.344 | 0.439 | 0.783 | | Home Games | 33-41 | -18.7 | 40-27 | 4.3 | 0.238 | 0.305 | 0.399 | 0.704 | 4.9 | 0.258 | 0.330 | 0.410 | 0.739 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 52-64 | -20.2 | 64-42 | 4.7 | 0.253 | 0.320 | 0.424 | 0.744 | 5.3 | 0.277 | 0.343 | 0.436 | 0.779 | | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -2.4 | 4-3 | 3.9 | 0.261 | 0.326 | 0.398 | 0.724 | 6.9 | 0.309 | 0.368 | 0.518 | 0.886 | | Grass Games | 65-87 | -30.3 | 87-54 | 4.6 | 0.251 | 0.316 | 0.423 | 0.738 | 5.4 | 0.275 | 0.344 | 0.439 | 0.783 | | Night Games | 51-56 | -10 | 66-31 | 4.9 | 0.256 | 0.321 | 0.434 | 0.755 | 5.2 | 0.269 | 0.340 | 0.431 | 0.771 | | Division | 32-34 | -6.9 | 37-25 | 4.7 | 0.244 | 0.311 | 0.411 | 0.722 | 4.9 | 0.267 | 0.331 | 0.396 | 0.727 |
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| All Games | 4.6 | 0.251 | 0.316 | 152 | 5176 | 1298 | 255 | 25 | 195 | 0.423 | 676 | 490 | 1207 | 50 | 1023 | 129 | 87 | 119 | 80 | | Home Games | 4.3 | 0.238 | 0.305 | 74 | 2429 | 579 | 115 | 6 | 88 | 0.399 | 301 | 232 | 550 | 19 | 469 | 62 | 47 | 54 | 45 | | Righty Starters | 4.7 | 0.253 | 0.320 | 116 | 3935 | 995 | 196 | 18 | 147 | 0.424 | 531 | 387 | 880 | 42 | 777 | 101 | 72 | 93 | 59 |
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| All Games | 4.84 | 1.489 | 523 | 298 | 281 | 533 | 78 | 246 | 553 | 18-26 | 31 | 19 | 62% | | Home Games | 3.76 | 1.345 | 270.7 | 121 | 113 | 244 | 26 | 120 | 299 | 10-10 | 14 | 8 | 63.6% |
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| 9/8/2017 | SCHERZER(R) | PHILADELPHIA | THOMPSON(R) | 11-10 | W | -355 | 8 ov | O | 16 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 2 | | 9/9/2017 | JACKSON(R) | PHILADELPHIA | LEITER JR.(R) | 4-5 | L | -165 | 9 ov | P | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | | 9/10/2017 | STRASBURG(R) | PHILADELPHIA | LIVELY(R) | 3-2 | W | -220 | 8 un | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | | 9/12/2017 | GONZALEZ(L) | ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | 0-8 | L | -160 | 8.5 un | U | 9 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | | 9/13/2017 | SCHERZER(R) | ATLANTA | GOHARA(L) | 2-8 | L | -290 | 8 ev | O | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | | 9/14/2017 | ROARK(R) | ATLANTA | FOLTYNEWICZ(R) | 5-2 | W | -140 | 8.5 ev | U | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | | 9/15/2017 | JACKSON(R) | LA DODGERS | WOOD(L) | 0-7 | L | +140 | 9.5 ev | U | 4 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | | 9/16/2017 | COLE(R) | LA DODGERS | HILL(L) | 2-3 | L | +150 | 9 ov | U | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | | 9/17/2017 | STRASBURG(R) | LA DODGERS | RYU(L) | 7-1 | W | -145 | 8 un | P | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | | 9/19/2017 | SCHERZER(R) | @ ATLANTA | GOHARA(L) | 4-2 | W | -200 | 8 un | U | 11 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | | 9/20/2017 | GONZALEZ(L) | @ ATLANTA | SIMS(R) | 7-3 | W | -155 | 9.5 ev | O | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | | 9/21/2017 | ROARK(R) | @ ATLANTA | DICKEY(R) | 2-3 | L | -155 | 9.5 un | U | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | | 9/22/2017 | JACKSON(R) | @ NY METS | GSELLMAN(R) | | | 9/23/2017 | STRASBURG(R) | @ NY METS | GSELLMAN(R) | | | 9/24/2017 | COLE(R) | @ NY METS | HARVEY(R) | | | 9/25/2017 | SCHERZER(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | NOLA(R) | | | 9/26/2017 | GONZALEZ(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | THOMPSON(R) | | | 9/27/2017 | ROARK(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | | | | 9/28/2017 | | PITTSBURGH | | | | 9/29/2017 | | PITTSBURGH | | |
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| 9/8/2017 | LUGO(R) | CINCINNATI | GARRETT(L) | 5-1 | W | -105 | 8.5 ev | U | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | | 9/9/2017 | MONTERO(R) | CINCINNATI | BAILEY(R) | 6-1 | W | -105 | 8.5 un | U | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | | 9/10/2017 | DEGROM(R) | CINCINNATI | ROMANO(R) | 5-10 | L | -145 | 8 un | O | 13 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | | 9/12/2017 | GSELLMAN(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | QUINTANA(L) | 3-8 | L | 245 | 8.5 un | O | 7 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | | 9/13/2017 | HARVEY(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | LESTER(L) | 5-17 | L | 235 | 8.5 ov | O | 10 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | | 9/14/2017 | LUGO(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | TSENG(R) | 6-14 | L | 190 | 9.5 un | O | 11 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | | 9/15/2017 | MONTERO(R) | @ ATLANTA | NEWCOMB(L) | 2-3 | L | 130 | 9.5 un | U | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | | 9/16/2017 | DEGROM(R) | @ ATLANTA | DICKEY(R) | 7-3 | W | -120 | 8.5 ev | O | 11 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 9/17/2017 | GSELLMAN(R) | @ ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | 5-1 | W | 160 | 9 un | U | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | | 9/18/2017 | HARVEY(R) | @ MIAMI | STRAILY(R) | 1-13 | L | 145 | 9 un | O | 8 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 1 | | 9/19/2017 | LUGO(R) | @ MIAMI | DESPAIGNE(R) | 4-5 | L | 115 | 9.5 un | U | 11 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | | 9/20/2017 | MONTERO(R) | @ MIAMI | URENA(R) | 2-9 | L | 160 | 9 un | O | 8 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | | 9/22/2017 | GSELLMAN(R) | WASHINGTON | JACKSON(R) | | | 9/23/2017 | GSELLMAN(R) | WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | | | 9/24/2017 | HARVEY(R) | WASHINGTON | COLE(R) | | | 9/25/2017 | MONTERO(R) | ATLANTA | SIMS(R) | | | 9/25/2017 | | ATLANTA | | | | 9/26/2017 | FLEXEN(R) | ATLANTA | DICKEY(R) | | | 9/27/2017 | DEGROM(R) | ATLANTA | NEWCOMB(L) | | | 9/29/2017 | | @ PHILADELPHIA | | |
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Manager: Dusty Baker (second season)
Who's new? CF Adam Eaton, C Matt Wieters, 1B Adam Lind, LHP Enny Romero, RHP Joe Blanton
Who's gone? CF Ben Revere, C Wilson Ramos, RHP Lucas Giolito, RHP Mat Latos, LHP Sean Burnett, RHP Mark Melancon, LHP Marc Rzepczynski, RHP Yusmeiro Petit
Projected lineup: CF Adam Eaton (.284, 14 HR, 59 RBI, 14 SB with White Sox), SS Trea Turner (.342, 13, 40, 33), 2B Daniel Murphy (.347, 25, 104), RF Bryce Harper (.243, 24, 86, 21 SB), 3B Anthony Rendon (.270, 20, 85), LF Jayson Werth (.244, 21, 69), 1B Ryan Zimmerman (.218, 15, 46) or Adam Lind (.239, 20, 58 with Mariners), C Matt Wieters (.243, 17, 66 with Orioles)
Rotation: RH Max Scherzer (20-7, 2.96 ERA), RH Tanner Roark (16-10, 2.83), LH Gio Gonzalez (11-11, 4.57), RH Stephen Strasburg (15-4, 3.60), RH Joe Ross (7-5, 3.43)
Key relievers: RH Shawn Kelley (3-2, 2.64), RH Joe Blanton (7-2, 2.48), RH Blake Treinen (4-1, 2.28), LH Sammy Solis (2-4, 2.41), RH Trevor Gott (0-0, 1.50), LH Oliver Perez (2-3, 4.95), LH Enny Romero (2-0, 5.91 with Rays)
Hot spots: First base and closer. Zimmerman posted a career-low .642 OPS last season and was often spelled by left-handed hitter Clint Robinson. Now 32, Zimmerman must prove he's worthy of regular playing time. Robinson and free-agent pickup Lind are next in line. The ninth inning could be a committee job too, though it's never been the Nationals' preferred method. After Kenley Jansen spurned D.C. for less money in L.A., their choices were limited. Kelley and Blanton have never closed in a combined 20 seasons in the majors, but both were stalwart set-up men last season. Joe Nathan and his 377 career saves are also in camp on a minor-league deal.
Outlook: Trading former top prospect Lucas Giolito to the White Sox for Eaton signaled the Nationals' championship ambitions. Their five-game loss to the Dodgers last October marked the third time in five years they've fallen just short of the NLCS. Washington begins the season with some familiar weapons ' a dangerous heart of the lineup, an experienced bench and exceptional starting pitching. Eaton is a huge upgrade over Revere at the plate, but Wieters will be pressed to replace Ramos' 3.5 wins above replacement (via FanGraphs). Failing to sign a marquee closer could prove fatal if Kelley, Nathan or someone else can't hold down the ninth inning. | | NY METS: 2016: 87-75, second place
Manager: Terry Collins (seventh season)
Who's new? No one of note
Who's gone? 1B James Loney, IF/OF Kelly Johnson, OF Alejandro De Aza, RHP Bartolo Colon, LHP Jonathon Niese
Projected lineup: CF Curtis Granderson (.237, 30 HR, 59 RBI), 3B David Wright (.226, 7, 14 in 37 games), LF Yoenis Cespedes (.280, 31, 86), RF Jay Bruce (.250, 33, 99 with Reds and Mets), 2B Neil Walker (.282, 23, 55), SS Asdrubal Cabrera (.280, 23, 62), 1B Lucas Duda (.229, 7, 23 in 47 games), C Travis d'Arnaud (.247, 4, 15)
Rotation: RH Noah Syndergaard (14-9, 2.60 ERA), RH Jacob deGrom (7-8, 3.04), RH Matt Harvey (4-10, 4.86), LH Steven Matz (9-8, 3.40), RH Zack Wheeler or RH Robert Gsellman (4-2, 2.42) or RH Seth Lugo (5-2, 2.67)
Key relievers: RH Jeurys Familia (3-4, 2.55, 51/56 SV), RH Addison Reed (4-2, 1.97), RH Hansel Robles (6-4, 3.48), LH Jerry Blevins (4-2, 2.79), RH Fernando Salas (3-7, 3.91)
Hot spots: First base and third base. Duda missed 115 games last season because of a stress fracture in his lower back. When healthy, the veteran first baseman slugged a career-low .714. Former first-round draft pick Dominic Smith, 21, could be in position to battle for the starting spot soon. He'll likely begin the season at Triple-A. Franchise third baseman Wright doesn't have a hot prospect pushing him out the door, but how much game does he have left? The perennial All-Star only began throwing a baseball in February after an eight-month recovery from neck surgery. Wright had a degenerative back and has only played 75 games the last two years. Getting a full season from him at age 34 would be a shock.
Outlook: The Mets' championship window opened with a surprise World Series run in 2015, and their front office seems convinced it's still open. The club invested four years and $110 million to keep Yoenis Cespedes in the outfield. The Mets also exercised club options on Jay Bruce and Jose Reyes, and brought Neil Walker back on a qualifying offer. The result? Almost everyone returns from a club that lost a wild-card game to the Giants last October. The franchise is oozing young pitching ' Syndergaard might be the best right-hander on the planet ' but another World Series appearance might be too much to expect from a team that ranked 25th in runs per game last season. |
| | Nationals, Mets renew rivalry at Citi Field
NEW YORK -- The standings tell the story of the divergent paths taken this season by the Washington Nationals and New York Mets, the two teams that were expected to battle each other all season for the National League East crown. But the Nationals and host Mets will get more reminders Friday night, when they square off in the opener of a three-game series at Citi Field. Washington's Edwin Jackson (5-6, 4.77 ERA in 11 starts with the Nationals) will oppose New York's Robert Gsellman (7-7, 5.22 ERA) in a matchup of right-handers who have experienced different results while being thrust into bigger roles than expected because of injuries to more established members of their respective rotations. Both teams are coming off losses in their most recent games. The NL East champion Nationals fell to the host Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Thursday night. Washington (92-60) is 4 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the race for the No. 1 seed in the NL. The visiting Mets lost to the Miami Marlins 9-2 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep in which they were outscored 27-7. New York (65-87), which made the World Series in 2015 and reached the NL wild card game last year, has the fifth-worst record in baseball. Jackson will be looking to snap a three-start losing streak -- he took the defeat in his most recent appearance Sept. 15 after giving up seven runs over 2 1/3 innings as the Nationals fell to the Dodgers, 7-0 -- that has dampened an otherwise resurgent season. The 34-year-old journeyman, who has played for 12 teams in a 15-season career, has a 12.71 ERA in three September starts, but that stretch came after he opened his second stint in Washington by recording a 2.94 ERA in his first eight starts following his promotion from Triple-A Syracuse on July 18 to replace injured right-hander Joe Ross. "I've worked too hard to let a couple starts affect me and I've worked too hard to finish the season up like this," Jackson told reporters afterward. "So I'll definitely continue to work and be ready to bounce back and finish the season up strong like I started." Gsellman is coming off his best start of the year Sunday, when he earned the win after allowing an unearned run over seven innings as the Mets beat the Atlanta Braves, 5-1. The innings pitched tied a season high for Gsellman, who allowed two runs or fewer for just the fifth time in 20 starts. Gsellman, one of only two Mets pitchers to make 20 starts this season, is 2-1 with a 3.18 ERA in three starts since he was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas on Sept. 1. The strong stretch has given New York reason to believe Gsellman, who went 4-2 with a 2.42 ERA in eight games (seven starts) during his first trip to the bigs late last season, could maximize the potential he showed at this time a year ago. "He is being challenged by something, as he hasn't had the kind of year that he anticipated," Mets manager Terry Collins told reporters Sunday. "Right now, he has to show us he can be one of those guys again. Today, he showed us that he could." Of course, in keeping with the theme of the Mets' injury-wrecked season, Gsellman is pitching Friday because ace right-hander Jacob deGrom was scratched because of a stomach ailment. DeGrom, one of only two players on the Opening Day 25-man roster who has remained active and in the majors all season, is expected to start Sunday's series finale. The Nationals got better injury-related news Thursday, when manager Dusty Baker said star outfielder Bryce Harper would travel with the team to New York. Harper suffered what appeared to be a serious knee injury when he tripped over first base while trying to beat out a hit on Aug. 12, but he was diagnosed with only a bone bruise and is expected to play during the final week of the regular season. Jackson is 4-3 with a 3.77 ERA in 12 career appearances (seven starts) against the Mets. Gsellman is 1-2 with a 4.35 ERA in four career starts against the Nationals. |
| | Last Updated: 4/25/2024 11:08:18 AM EST. |
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