It is extremely early in the 2021 season, especially since the Mets have played just seven games, but the team has to be happy with what it’s seen from Taijuan Walker in his first two starts of the year.
Walker has a 2.61 ERA and 2.27 FIP across his 10.1 innings as a Met, and he’s struck out 12 batters. The only downside so far is that he’s issued five walks, three of which came in his four-and-one-third inning start in the first game of yesterday’s doubleheader against the Phillies. If not for seven-inning games in doubleheaders still being a thing this year, maybe he would have been given the opportunity to get a bit deeper into the game.