Braves – Mets Series Preview
National League East division rivals meet as the Atlanta Braves visit Citi Field on Friday, April 23 to take on the New York Mets in a three game series. The Braves are 7-5 and the Mets have struggled and are in last place with a 5-8 record. The Mets’ bullpen was worn out after playing a 20 inning game against the St. Louis Cardinals on April 17, but they should be recovered by the time the Braves roll into town. With a better win loss record, the Braves have baseball odds slightly in their favor.
New York recently got All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes back from injury, but after missing over 120 games last year, Reyes has yet to return to the player he used to be. Just give him time though. Reyes also missed all of Spring Training and his slow start is to be expected.
After a slow start, the Braves have won four out of their last five games and have one of the best young hitters (Jason Heyward) and best young pitcher (Tommy Hanson) in baseball.
The Braves are expected to throw Kenshin Kawakami in Game 1, Jarr Jurrjens in Game 2 (both pitchers have been struggling this year and each looking for their first win), and the aforementioned Tommy Hanson (who is only 1-1, but has a noteworthy 2.38 ERA) in Game 3. While the Mets counter with John Maine (who has an ERA over 10.00 and is fighting to stay in the rotation), Jonathon Niese (with a 4.32 ERA) and Mike Pelfrey (2-0 with a 1.29 ERA). The pitching matchups are subject to change.
Except plenty of offense the first two games since both teams are starting pitchers who have struggled, while Sunday’s game should be a low scoring pitching duel.
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