The Mets have been an embarrassment this season, and as the calendar turns to July, their only goal is to figure out if they have any keepers for the years to come.
One piece that you can bet probably won’t be a part of their future is Freddy Peralta, who gets the ball on Wednesday against the Blue Jays.
The Mets open near even money with the Blue Jays, who will toss out embattled starter Patrick Corbin on Wednesday.
It’s the Mets’ ace and their nearly full-health roster against Toronto and a mostly listless starter in Corbin, who has just one season with an ERA below 5 since 2020.
This year, Corbin has a 5.09 ERA, although a FIP of 4.59, so perhaps he’s improving somewhat.
We’ve seen the Mets turn bad starters into aces all season long, but they’ve at least got a healthy-ish offensive squad with Francisco Lindor back from injury and Juan Soto still looking dominant.
Seemingly all of the Mets’ starters this year have a better FIP than ERA, mostly because their defense is an abomination.
Regardless of how you stack that up, I don’t think the pitchers are all that good, and the Mets’ offense is at least close to full strength in this matchup.
The Mets are marginally better against lefties than they are against righties (although both are pretty poor), but it’s Francisco Alvarez, Lindor, and former Blue Jay Bo Bichette who all have OPS figures about 1.000 against Corbin.
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So I’ll take the over here and feel free to target a home run prop on Bichette against his former team.
THE PLAY: Over 8.5 total runs (-110, BetMGM)
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