Starting the Mets spin, especially using two of the main cogs from the IL, there is no tons of star power.
But that doesn’t prevent the rest of the group from posting some impressive numbers.
Griffin Canning’s latest strong outing on Tuesday, the rotation extended the Homeless Streak to 11 games, beating the longest stretch in over a decade 5-1 over Philadelphia at Citifield.
It would be worth noting if Sean Mania and Frankie Montas weren’t the last time the Mets’ rotation went long without Homer allowed.
The Homer shortage is just part of what the rotation did, even after entering the season with a question mark like the Regeneration Project Canning, which hosted the Phillies to run one Philly in five innings at Citifield on Tuesday.
There is also Tyler Megill, who has been showing a flash of quality over the years, but has struggled to maintain it.
The group, led by Kodai Senga and David Peterson, led the majors on Tuesday in a set of categories, including ERA (2.31), Fwar (3.1) and allowed home runs per nine innings (0.38).
They also ranked second for the Phillies in strikeouts around nine innings (10.15).
“We did a good job as a group,” Peterson said before Tuesday’s victory.
The left-hander allowed a pair of Homer in the first start of the season in Miami, but no one was there on his final three outings.
Senga has given up one home run all year round, but Holmes and Megill have not been taken deeply in any of the five starts.
Canning allowed 1.5 homers per nine innings in his career before this season, entering Tuesday in 2025 to 0.9 so far.
Carlos Mendoza said he knows his rotation and the entire staff are working well, but he didn’t analyze the numbers very closely, leaving it to pitching coach Jeremy Hefner.
Still, the manager said, “I know we’re doing pretty good things. I don’t want to get into every detail of it. [Hefner] We pay attention to what they need to do, but that means sticking to our strengths and running the pitch [and] Running the game plan. ”
Mendoza and Metz enjoy stretch fruit without Homer, but he knows it won’t last forever.
“We’re going to give up Homer,” Mendoza said. There are some games that are difficult for us. In the meantime, it’s not just pitching. It’s catching and we’re doing a good defense. There are so many things I like. But I try not to look at the numbers. ”
If he had done that, Mendoza would definitely be impressed.
A year ago, The Mets Rotation scored an outstanding performance from Manaea, who hasn’t pitched yet this season.
“We don’t want to lose anybody [to injury]” Peterson said. “I know what Sean and Montas can do when they’re healthy and I want to come back whenever they’re here. [Canning,] Everyone came in and sold well. ”
Naturally, out of these 11 games, the Mets have won eight.
