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The New York Mets and Washington Nationals wrap up a four-game series on Sunday night in primetime. The game will be the second in a split-admission, day-night doubleheader.
While the Nats are riddled with injuries, they’ve managed to continue winning. They’ve especially owned the Mets and that was before New York went into full rebuild mode here in August.
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ODDS ANALYSIS
The Nationals enter the four-game series having won 9 of 12 against New York in 2017 and 21 of 31 since the beginning of the 2016 season.
Washington is also 10-4 in its last 14 games and that comes with Max Scherzer, Bryce Harper, Trea Turner, Ryan Madson and so many others on the shelf.
On the other side of things, the Mets have been in free fall for a month. Since July 26, New York is 7-18 and it keeps getting worse.
New York was supposed to win on pitching, but the rotation has a 5.05 ERA. The bullpen isn’t really any better. Now, the offense is a wasteland, too. The 185 home runs is a good number, but the Mets have scored less run than average, depending too heavily on the long ball.
The Mets are also now playing with a revamped roster. Lucas Duda, Neil Walker, Curtis Granderson and Jay Bruce have all been unloaded to playoff contenders. Amed Rosario, Dominic Smith, Brandon Nimmo and Gavin Cecchini are all up getting valuable experience.
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Neither team has announced how they’re going to approach the doubleheader, but it looks like it could be Tanner Roark on the hill for the Nationals. The Mets could look to Tyler Pill if he’s healthy.
Roark needs to step up for Washington given their injuries. He’s 9-8 with a 4.70 ERA and 1.370 WHIP in 24 games spanning 138 innings.
The 30-year old right-hander has a career 3.34 ERA and has two 15+ win seasons under his belt. He’s having a down year, but is still a more than capable starter. We’ve seen that in August where he’s delivered a quality start in all three of his outings.
Even with the quality outings, however, Roark has allowed four homers in August. The long ball has been his Achilles Heel this year. This is only his second season with an ERA north of four. It’s also his second season with a home run rate above 0.7 per nine innings. It’s at 1.2 per nine currently.
Roark is susceptible to the long ball and the Mets biggest offensive weapon is the long ball. That’s not a good recipe for success, though many of New York’s boppers are now on other teams. Beside, Roark is 6-2 with a 2.61 career ERA against the Mets.
On the other side, if it is Pill that gets the start, it’ll only be his eighth big league appearance. The 27-year old righty is far from a prospect, but a slew of injuries has forced him into duty.
Pill is 0-3 with a 5.32 ERA in 22 innings of work. The Mets are 2-5 when he gets into a game and 1-2 in his three starts.
With Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Zack Wheeler, Steven Matz, and Seth Lugo all injured, there aren’t many options left for New York.
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Addison Reed out and A.J. Ramos in. The rest of the Mets bullpen—unlike the lineup—remains basically the same: unpredictable at best and unreliable at worst.
The Mets’ bullpen ranks No. 22 in baseball with a 4.48 ERA while the Nationals’ pen ranks just ahead of the Tigers at No. 29 with a 4.73 ERA. That, however, doesn’t tell you the full story for Washington.
The Nationals have been an offensive powerhouse all season. Injuries to Trea Turner, Jayson Werth, Adam Eaton and now even Bryce Harper haven’t been able to slow this offense, but they’ve needed to keep tacking on runs regardless of the score as they’ve lost several early games in the bullpen.
This pen has been beefed up with Sean Doolittle and Brandon Kintzler. Shawn Kelley and Matt Albers are now slotted into the right spots. With the additions, the Nationals have the late game edge in a close matchup.
QUICK PICK
Roark hasn’t been good this year, but the baby Mets have yet to find their footing at the Major-League level and the veteran can take advantage of their youth and inexperience. He has thrown three straight quality starts and a fourth one would put this game out of reach for New York.
The Mets’ rotation is in shambles and whether Pill or someone else, there’s very little chance New York will be getting a quality start. Then, they’ll be starting behind the eight-ball, looking to an inferior offense and sub-par bullpen to help make up the difference.
Look for Washington to get out ahead early and roll to a rather easy victory in the second game of the day-night double header. Both teams are riddled with injuries, but Washington is deeper and will be able to better handle the fatigue barring unforeseen circumstances in Sunday’s Game 1.
MLB Odds: Nationals 7, Mets 2
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