The Mets got some excellent pitching this week.
As weeks of baseball seasons go, the Mets' most recent was one of the best. On top of a very good week at the plate, the Mets got some very good pitching. And even the poor pitching performances this week came in small doses.
| Player | Last Week | This Week | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Black, RHP |  | | Black wasn’t particularly dominant in terms of strikeouts, but he was mostly effective in four outings. |
| Buddy Carlyle, RHP | -- |  | With a hit and a walk and one run allowed in 1.2 innings, Carlyle wasn’t quite as good as his peers this week. |
| Bartolo Colon, P | | | In his lone start this week, Colon gave up three runs early but went on to complete eight innings. He struck out seven and walked none in the process. |
| Jacob deGrom, RHP |  |  | The 26-year-old was simply superb in a pair of starts, totaling 19 strikeouts, 2 walks, and a 0.64 ERA in 14 innings of work. We’ll break with tradition a bit here and go with a fireball after a sideways arrow since he dominated over the course of two games and not just one. |
| Josh Edgin, LHP | | | Edgin had a wild pitch that led directly to an inherited runner scoring and gave up a run of his own in two-thirds of an inning over two outings this week. |
| Dana Eveland, LHP | | | With two runs and four hits allowed in two-thirds of an inning, Eveland’s week was not a great one. |
| Jeurys Familia, RHP | | | Like Black, Familia wasn’t quite dominant, but he got the job done in three appearances. |
| Dillon Gee, RHP |  | | Gee’s long-awaited return from the disabled list went very well, as he gave up only a run in seven innings of work. |
| Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP | | | Love him or hate him, Matsuzaka had a very nice week. With 13 strikeouts, 6 walks, and a 2.77 ERA in two starts, he was more than effective. That walk rate remains scary, of course. |
| Jenrry Mejia, RHP | | | Mejia continues to be very good out of the Mets’ bullpen. Since moving there, he has a 2.33 ERA and 2.95 FIP with 9.00 strikeouts and 3.67 walks per nine. |
| Jon Niese, LHP | | | On the disabled list with shoulder soreness, Niese is expected to return to the rotation shortly after the break. |
| Carlos Torres, RHP | | | With four more scoreless innings, Torres stayed hot. |
| Zack Wheeler, RHP | | | With another very good start, Wheeler continues to look more and more like the pitcher the Mets hoped he could be when they acquired him. |