2 early Mets strengths nobody predicted before the season started, 1 more we’d like to see

The Mets pitching staff is one of the best in MLB so far

The Mets have lost a bunch of games but a good number of the runs against them have been unearned either due to errors or the ghost runner in extra innings. The end result is one of the best ERAs in Major League Baseball. ERA might be a bit of an antiquated statistic to measure a pitching staff’s full talent. What better way though than to represent the pitching staff as a whole than tracking how many runs they surrender?

The Mets starters and relievers have each gotten in on the fun. Although some games against the Atlanta Braves have helped tarnish the numbers a bit, the pitching remains a strength of this ball club.

Even with a few more runs across the board this week in Atlanta, the Mets have a 3.42 ERA which is good enough for 8th in baseball and tops in the National League. The starters have been the better half, holding a 3.33 ERA in those first 11 games played. Without an ace around, it’s even more impressive.

Will they fall back to earth? The rotation is bound to skid a little and so will the bullpen which currently has Edwin Diaz, Drew Smith, Brooks Raley and surprise entrant Reed Garrett combining for 19.2 innings without an earned run charged against them.