Mets have been great on the road and are 5-1 in their last 6 at Washington who have struggled since Davey Johnson took over. You wouldn't know if I did not tell you but the Mets are #3 in the National League #7 overall in OPS vs. RHP with a .743 OPS. They face Jason Marquis who they have had success with 165 AB .321 average .877 OPS. Jason Bay who has looked great the last two days should continue that success as he's 16-43 vs. Marquis with 5 HR. Actually the key players for the Mets are all over .300 vs. Marquis. Reyes/Bay,Wright/Murphy are a combined 43-115 for a .374 average. Washington faces knuckleballer RA Dickey and they are 23rd in MLB with a .681 OPS vs. RHP. Dickey in 5 game starts the last two years vs. the Nationals have a 2.64 ERA. Mets have scored 8.24 runs per 9 vs. RHP over their last 5 games and the Nationals are at just 3 runs and have a 5.60 bullpen. Nationals 16-35 in their last 51 saturday games.
Jiminez MUST START! - Just in case he gets pulled because of a trade or something. We like Jimenez who before his last start had a 2.18 ERA in his last 3 starts. His last start was vs. the Dbacks who can actually hit. We can't say the same for the Padres who are 29th with a .603 OPS in their home games they are awful vs. RHP 30th in the league with a .617 OPS. Colorado is 10th with a .731 OPS vs. RHP. Harrang has a 4.73 ERA in 8 career starts vs. the Rockies but in his last two including this year and last year he's given up 11 ER in 6.2 IP with a 3.01 WHIP. Ty Wiggington is 6-12 vs. Harrang.
