Mets starting pitchers can really pitch. As a group this season, they have a 3.42 ERA, which is the seventh-best number in Major League Baseball. They lead the league in innings pitched at 558.2, which has probably helped the team's bullpen in its success this year. Their 21.2 percent strikeout rate is the eighth-best mark in baseball, and their 5.2 percent walk rate second-best. What might be most encouraging about the group is that the current incarnation is an improvement on how the Mets started the year.
The Mets broke camp with a starting rotation featuring Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Jon Niese, Bartolo Colon, and Dillon Gee.