With a little less than two months left in the 2013 season, Mets pitchers are still performing reasonably well. The team's starting pitchers have a 3.85 ERA that ranks 14th in the league, and although they've dropped to 8th with a 3.68 FIP, they're just barely trailing several other teams in the category.
The Mets' bullpen still ranks in the bottom third of the league with a 3.75 ERA and 3.96 FIP, but both numbers are a significant improvement over where they were at the end of May. Over the last thirty days, Mets relief pitchers have combined for a 2.14 despite a 3.88 FIP.
| Player | Last Week | This Week | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Aardsma, RHP |  | | When Bobby Parnell hit the shelf with neck soreness, Aardsma was plugged in to the closer’s gig and had a couple of his worst outings of the year. Whoops. |
| Scott Atchison, RHP |  |  | Atchison’s return from the disabled list didn’t generate a ton of excitement, but like many of his bullpen peers, he’s been good lately. |
| Josh Edgin, LHP | |  | Edgin threw a scoreless frame before a stress fracture in his ribs forced him to the disabled list. |
| Pedro Feliciano, LHP | -- | | He’s back! And he pitched in back-to-back games already, of course, because he’s a left-handed relief pitcher playing for the Mets. |
| Dillon Gee, RHP | | | Although his strikeouts have gone missing for several starts, Gee turned in seven innings and gave up just one run in his lone start this week. He now has a 3.97 ERA and a 4.19 FIP for the year. |
| Gonzalez Germen, RHP | | | Germen gave up a pair of runs in just four innings of work with three strikeouts and a walk. He has not yet allowed a home run in the big leagues, however, and has a surprisingly good 2.81 FIP in 13.1 innings for the season. |
| Matt Harvey, RHP |  | | Until the sixth inning, Harvey was once again dominant. He struck out eight Marlins and walked none, but he was charged with three runs and didn’t finish the sixth. |
| LaTroy Hawkins, RHP | | | Quietly effective all year, Hawkins threw 3.2 scoreless innings this week. He’s down to a 2.98 ERA and 3.47 FIP for the season, both of which are good. |
| Jeremy Hefner, RHP | | | In two starts, Hefner was at least a little bit better than he had been in his previous starts. |
| Jenrry Mejia, RHP | | | Mejia’s start was okay—not dazzling like his first with the Mets this yer—but encouraging because he issued just one walk in six innings. He’s a much more intriguing player without a major walk rate problem. |
| Jon Niese, LHP | | | Niese made another rehab start, this time for St. Lucie, and struck out four, walked none, and threw four scoreless innings. He just might be back soon. |
| Bobby Parnell, RHP | | | Parnell’s performance was just fine, though it looks like he’s about to hit the disabled list, prompting the promotion of Wilmer Flores to the bigs. |
| Scott Rice, LHP | | | This might be the first time Rice has received back-to-back green arrows since April. After a brutal month of June, Rice had a 1.35 ERA and 2.14 FIP in July. |
| Carlos Torres, RHP | | | Bumped back to the bullpen, Torres was effective in 3.2 innings of work. It’d be nice if he proves he’s capable of sticking in that role. |
| Zack Wheeler, RHP | | | The good: Wheeler’s 3.75 ERA, 10 K, and 1 HR allowed in 12 innings over two starts. The bad: 6 runs and 8 walks. The Mets’ inability to play defense hurt him a lot, but Wheeler is still a work in progress in the big leagues. And that’s okay. |