Pitch Profiler @pitchprofiler
NOLAN
MCLEAN IS THE KING OF
QUEENS
Thomas Nestico @TJStats
Nolan
McLean, take a bow!
McLean continued the torrid start to his career with 8.0
scoreless against the Phillies with just 4 H and 6 K. He filled the zone with
his incredible stuff and batters couldn't keep up
He now owns a 0.89 ERA across 3 starts
MLB Pipeline
@MLBPipelin
"All I can say is, ‘Wow.'"
Nolan
McLean etched his name
into the #Mets record books with his latest dominant start:
Joel Sherman @Joelsherman1
The Mets are searching for what their rotation will be
down the stretch and in the postseason. And McLean more and more appears part
of the solution.
Farm To Flushing @FarmToFlushing
Nolan
McLean against the Mets'
two biggest rivals:
@ ATL: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO, W
vs. PHI: 8 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO, W
Angry Mike @AngryMike24
He also
stymied a red hot Mariners lineup in his MLB debut - who swept us last year - and facing their #1 SP
OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS
Nolan
McLean of the Mets is the first MLB pitcher to have:
3-0 record
20+ innings
20+ strikeouts
sub-.200 opp BA
...over his first 3 career starts since Randy Johnson in 1988.
Will Sammon @WillSammon
“That was an airbender. I’ve seen sinkers like that, but
that one was kind of at me for a long time.”
Until it wasn’t.
Behold, the magic of Nolan McLean. With the offense
clicking and McLean presenting hope for the pitching staff, the Mets are
different:
MACK -
I can’t come up with a superlative that
isn’t being used to describe what Nolan McLean is doing right now.
It’s not just the 3-0 record in three
major league starts…
Or the 0.89-ERA, 0.69-WHIP…
Or the fact he hasn’t issued one walk
yet (20.1-IP) as a major league pitcher
He already has a 1.1-WAR!!! Who does
this???
And, in his words, he’s about to be
joined Friday night by someone he classifies as a BETTER PITCHER… Jonah Tong.
Wanna hear something exciting? The Mets
have 29 games left and are only four out of the division lead and five loses
ahead of the closest Wild Card rival. Hell, they are even two games back from
catching San Diego for the 2nd Wild Card slot. But the real exciting
thing is McLain and Tong are going to start a good percentage of those 29
games. That’s nine or 10 of these 29 games left!
Every baseball writer on this planet has
gotten up early this morning… like me… to write about Nolan. Even the guys in
Philadelphia are tearing the ass off their manager who said they “battled back”
last night, and, “hey, that kid was good”. Where in Sam Blazes is scoring no
runs battling back?
Folks… we may have a new ace now, who
said post-game that Friday there will be a better pitcher on the Mets mound. Think
about that.
3 comments:
It is mind-boggling, frankly. Seaver-Koosman II?
I’m glad we didn’t trade him
McLean for Zac Gallen like all the geniuses at espn predicted we would. Shocking because they’re never wrong lol
McLean’s pitches just look different. All that movement and zero walks in 20+ innings? It’s early for sure, but I agree with Mack. We have an ace. And if Tong comes as advertised, or even close, we might even have a top-flight rotation.
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