After two sparkling pitching meters in a row, this week is a very different story. The Mets’ bullpen, which had been so good of late, had an awful week. Notably, the bullpen blew Friday night’s game, which ended in a walk-off loss. And Saturday’s game was a poorly-pitched game all around outside of Drew Smith’s work as the opener in that contest. However, bright spots this week included David Peterson’s performance in Friday’s game and Taijuan Walker’s outing on Wednesday.
We’ll start with the positives. Taijuan Walker pitched an excellent game on Wednesday and earned his third win of the season in Matt Harvey’s return to Citi Field.