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Mets’ Carlos Mendoza drops honest Freddy Peralta assessment after Cardinals’ win
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An upgraded starting pitching rotation was supposed to assuage some of the anxiety that New York Mets fans were feeling after bidding farewell to Pete Alonso , Brandon Nimmo and Edwin Diaz this past offseason, but things have not gone exactly as planned on that front either. Although the team ranked top-10 in ERA entering Tuesday's game versus the St. Louis Cardinals , manager Carlos Mendoza is receiving inconsistent production from his top arms.
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Freddy Peralta was particularly ineffective in this series opener.
The two-time All-Star gave up six runs on six hits and walked two batters in six innings of work. He threw the Mets into a ditch, and the lineup was unable to dig itself out, leading to an anti-climactic 7-0 loss. Peralta is now 4-5 with a 4.04 ERA through 14 starts this season. Following the thumping in Citi Field, Mendoza shared his thoughts on how the Dominican right-hander has fared through his first eight weeks with the franchise.
"He's been good for the most part," the third-year skipper said, per the SNY Mets X account. "When you look at his numbers, there have been outings where it's a grind for five innings but he gives us a chance to win a baseball game. There's been a few of them where he's been pretty good.
"And then there's a couple of them like tonight – I think there was one in Miami , too – where, yes, he went six today, over there he went seven, but gave up a lot of runs. But for the most part, he continues to give us a chance to win baseball games."
Carlos Mendoza is being fair to the man who was expected to be a co-ace alongside rookie Nolan McLean , but the Flushing Faithful may not be so understanding. Coming off the best season of his MLB career and entering a contract year , Freddy Peralta was expected to excel in his new home. While the results have been far from disastrous, the former Milwaukee Brewers game-changer is wobbling more often than the Mets can afford.
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Trailing every National League team except for the San Francisco Giants and Colorado Rockies , New York (29-37) faces an arduous climb into the playoff picture. An uneven Peralta will not suffice. The 30-year-old will try to ignite the ballclub and raise his free agency value when he next takes the mound.
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