With the New York Mets’ loss yesterday to the Miami Marlins, and the Atlanta Braves win over the Washington Nationals, the two teams are now deadlocked for the top spot in the NL East. Tonight New York will wrap up their quick 2-game set with Miami in Queens. The Mets cannot afford to lose again to the lowly Marlins and they know it because up next is a 3-game series with the Braves in Atlanta. Miami is expected to send Jesús Luzardo to the rubber. He comes in at 3-7 with a very respectable 3.57 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP but the Marlins are 0-7 in his last 7 turns against a team with a winning record. New York is expected to counter with Taijuan Walker and he has delivered all year long. Walker is 12-5 with a 3.53 ERA, a 1.18 WHIP, and he has owned Miami this year, going 4-0 with an ERA of only 2.23. The Mets are, by far, the better team 1-9, are 50-27 at Citi Field, and should come out on top in this one.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK METS