Just as one bad week didn\u2019t condemn him, one good series doesn\u2019t absolve Semien in the long term. He\u2019s swinging and missing more than he has over his career, leading to an unusually elevated strikeout rate. Over his four years in Texas, Semien struck out just over 15 percent of the time. He\u2019s over 25 percent so far this season. So that\u2019s something to watch for.<\/p>\n
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\n Marcus Semien was 7-for-15 in the four-game series at San Francisco. (Neville E. Guard \/ Imagn Images)<\/p>\n
While Semien did strike out three times in four games in San Francisco, he did swing and miss a lot less \u2014 four times in 23 swings, compared with 12 times in his first 41 swings of the year. Yep, these are the granular data you try to make a narrative out of 10 games into the year.<\/p>\n
The pitching staff has been pretty good<\/p>\n
The Mets\u2019 2.53 team ERA ranks No. 3 in all of baseball. The starters\u2019 3.13 ERA is nice; the bullpen\u2019s 1.66 ERA is remarkable, considering some of the challenges thrown its way early on. Once more, there are caveats to April pitching performance, especially in colder weather and in more pitcher-friendly ballparks. But the early signs from Nolan McLean, Clay Holmes and Kodai Senga in the rotation and from Tobias Myers plus the back end of the bullpen have been promising.<\/p>\n
The exposition<\/p>\n
The Mets rebounded from their series loss in St. Louis against the Cardinals by taking three of four in San Francisco. At 6-4, the Mets are tied for second in the National League East, a half-game behind the Miami Marlins.<\/p>\n
The Arizona Diamondbacks split four games at home with Atlanta. Arizona is 5-5 and sits in second in the NL West behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n
The Athletics scored three in the bottom of the 10th to take the rubber game from the Houston Astros in West Sacramento. Their 3-6 record is still good for last in the AL West. The A\u2019s are in New York all week, starting with a three-game series in the Bronx on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The pitching possibles<\/p>\n
versus Arizona<\/p>\n
RHP Freddy Peralta (1-0, 4.36 ERA) v. RHP Zac Gallen (1-1, 3.60)
LHP David Peterson (0-1, 4.66) v. RHP Ryne Nelson (0-1, 5.79)
RHP Nolan McLean (1-0, 2.61) v. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (0-0, 0.00)<\/p>\n
versus Athletics<\/p>\n
RHP Clay Holmes (2-0, 1.42) v. RHP Luis Morales (0-2, 12.27)
RHP Kodai Senga (0-1, 3.09) v. LHP Jacob Lopez (0-1, 6.48)
RHP Freddy Peralta v. RHP Aaron Civale (1-0, 3.60)<\/p>\n
Injury updates<\/p>\n
Mets’ injured list<\/p>\n
Player<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Injury<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Elig.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
ETA<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Left lat surgery<\/p>\n
4\/9<\/p>\n
May<\/p>\n
Rib fracture<\/p>\n
5\/24<\/p>\n
June<\/p>\n
Tommy John surgery<\/p>\n
5\/24<\/p>\n
2027<\/p>\n
Tommy John surgery<\/p>\n
5\/24<\/p>\n
2027<\/p>\n
Tommy John surgery<\/p>\n
5\/24<\/p>\n
2027<\/p>\n
Red = 60-day IL
Orange = 15-day IL
Blue = 10-day IL<\/p>\n
Juan Soto left Friday\u2019s game in the first inning with what\u2019s been diagnosed as a minor calf strain. The Mets are waiting until they\u2019re back in New York to make a decision on whether Soto can return early in the homestand or will require a stint on the 10-day injured list. That would knock him out of action until the second game of next week\u2019s series in Los Angeles.
\nBrett Baty was a late scratch Sunday because of a jammed left thumb suffered on the basepaths Saturday. He should be good to go by Tuesday.
\nMinor-league schedule<\/p>\n
Triple A: Syracuse v. Buffalo (Toronto)
Double A: Binghamton v. Somerset (New York, AL)
High A: Brooklyn at Jersey Shore (Philadelphia)
Low A: St. Lucie v. Dunedin (Toronto)<\/p>\n
A note on the epigraph<\/p>\n
This line comes from the short story \u201cMister Squishy,\u201d which I think is my favorite Wallace short story. It\u2019s remarkably layered and just really fun, once you get into it.<\/p>\n
Trivia time<\/p>\n
The Mets traded one member of Generation K (Bill Pulsipher) to the Diamondbacks and another (Jason Isringhausen) to the Athletics in 1999 and 2000. What pinch-hit specialist did they get for Pulsipher, and what reliever did they get for Isringhausen?<\/p>\n
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