For all the talk of how potent the New York Mets’ offense was going to be in 2025, the pitching had them thriving over the first 10 games of the season.
Mets arms picked up their second shutout of the season on Monday night at Citi Field by blanking the Miami Marlins 2-0. Over their last four games, which also featured a three-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays, New York has allowed a combined three runs.
It was the first time since 2012 and the ninth time in the last 34 years that the Mets have put together a four-game stretch in which they have allowed three or fewer runs.
Amidst their 7-3 start, New York pitchers have allowed just 22 runs (17 earned) over the season-opening 10-game span. It is the fewest runs allowed across the first 10 games of a season in franchise history, and it makes them just the 14th team since the start of the 1982 campaign to allow 22 or fewer runs across a 10-game opening stretch.
The 17 earned runs ties a franchise record that was set by the 1971 Mets, who allowed 23 runs in total across their first 10 games — though it was only good for a 5-5 record.
Collectively, the Mets own a team with a 1.72 ERA, which is the best in Major League Baseball by nearly an entire run. The Dodgers are second with a 2.63 mark. It is also the second-best mark in franchise history through 10 games behind only the 1968 squad, which sported a 1.67 ERA and featured the likes of Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Don Cardwell, and Dick Selma — all of whom appeared in at least 29 games that season and had ERAs under 3.00.
The starting rotation 57 years later does not have the same sort of star power, but Kodai Senga, Clay Holmes, David Peterson, Griffin Canning, and Tylor Megill have combined to sport a 2.16 ERA. The bullpen has been even better, with a 1.15 ERA across 39 innings pitched.
“It’s contagious,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “It’s like hitting. They’re feeling pretty good about themselves. They know they’ve got each other’s backs.”
Mets relievers have not allowed a run in their last 11.2 innings of work entering Tuesday afternoon’s game against the Marlins, which included 4.1 scoreless from Max Kranick, Reed Garrett, AJ Minter, and Edwin Diaz in Sunday’s sweep-clinching 2-1 win over the Blue Jays, and another four scoreless frames on Monday from Danny Young, Jose Butto, and Ryne Stanek.
“They’re just doing a great job of attacking the strike zone,” slugging first baseman Pete Alonso said. “The whole bunch is throwing the ball with a ton of conviction, and they’re doing an unreal job of executing. Huge kudos to the pitchers.”
