Mets (Myers) vs Reds (Burns): 6/15/26, 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Alright, so the Mets had a good series against the Braves. Can they keep the momentum rolling against a much-less-good Reds team?

	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	TOT
Luke Weaver	0	11	0	0	0	11
Huascar Brazobán	0	0	19	0	11	30
Devin Williams	0	16	33	0	0	49
David Peterson	63	0	0	0	0	63
Daniel Duarte	0	0	0	13	15	28
Cionel Pérez	16	0	15	0	20	51
Brooks Raley	0	20	22	0	0	42
Austin Warren	33	0	0	40	0	73
A.J. Minter	0	14	0	0	4	18

 

[MFS62]

The Reds have struggled badly at the plate in their recent stretch and just lost their fifth consecutive series. I hope their bats stay dormant until the Mets leave town.

Later

[Edgy MD]

METS

Starting Pitcher:

Mobias Tyers (RHP), 0-1, 4.05 ERA, 26 SO

Lineup:

1. Carson Benge (L) RF
2. Bo Bichette (R) SS
3. Juan Soto (L) LF
4. Jared Young (L) 1B
5. A.J. Ewing (L) CF
6. Marcus Semien (R) 2B
7. Brett Baty (L) 3B
8. MJ Melendez (L) DH
9. Francisco Alvarez (R) C

CINCINNATI

Starting Pitcher:

Base Churns (RHP), 7-1, 2.14 ERA, 88 SO

Lineup

1. Blake Dunn (R) CF
2. JJ Bleday (L) LF
3. Sal Stewart (R) DH
4. Spencer Steer (R) 1B
5. Eugenio Suárez (R) 3B
6. Noelvi Marte (R) RF
7. Matt McLain (R) SS
8. Tyler Stephenson (R) C
9. Edwin Arroyo (S) 2B

[Edgy MD]

De La Cruz was only 2-for-14 the last time these teams met, but he sure looked like an MVP. 

[Centerfield]

Toughest pitcher of the series tonight. Burns has only gone beyond 6 one time this year. So work the count, keep it close and hope to chase Burns early. 
 

Get it?  Chase Burns?

[Frayed Knot]

Reds had a real good March/April [20 - 11] but then started crashing as soon on the calendar went to May. They're 13 - 26 since and only the June portion can be blamed on not having Elly de la Cruz in the lineup. He's on the IL and hasn't played since April 30. Also Ke'Bryan Hayes and TJ Fried but neither of them was hitting like EdlC. On the pitching side Hunter Greene hasn't pitched all season. After some growing pains in his first two seasons Greene pitched well in both 2024 & '25 but never quite gets a full season. Since making his ML debut in April of '22 the #2 overall draft pick in 2017 has made 91 starts [24 + 22 + 26 + 19 + 0] for a total of just under 500 IP.

[ashie62]

Elly De La Cruz is on the IL with a hammy

[The Hot Corner]

Reds pull off the double steal.  Seemed to surprise Alvarez who attempted to throw out the trail runner from his knees.  

The aggressiveness pays off with a run on a chopper to Baty at third.  Can't give up much with Burns on the mound for the Reds.

[ashie62]

Myers screws the pooch

[The Hot Corner]

Struggling Reds offense puts up a 3 spot on Meyers (and still batting) after Saurez 2 run HR

[Centerfield]

My first time watching in about a week. 
 

Immediately greeted with an RBI groundout and 2 run HR. This team sucks. 
 

Walks are never good, but you can’t groove one to Suarez with a base open. 

[Centerfield]

Anyway. The Mets have lost their first two weekday games for the last three weeks. 
 

No reason to think tonight would be different. 

[Centerfield]

Myers looks like shit. 
 

It’s crazy that Mets pitchers can look good then suddenly suck. 

[The Hot Corner]

15 minutes ago, Centerfield said:

My first time watching in about a week. 
 

Immediately greeted with an RBI groundout and 2 run HR. This team sucks. 
 

Walks are never good, but you can’t groove one to Suarez with a base open. 

i too decided to watch for the first time since the opening game against St. Louis last Tuesday.  Already wondering how long before I give up and go read my book.

[Cowtipper]

This team sucks enormous, massive, nighmarishly large monkey balls. This is the true worst team money can buy. 

[Centerfield]

Ok. Been fun guys. 

[The Hot Corner]

Grand Slam by Suarez to make it 9-0.  

Good night all.  I have better things to do with my time than watch this mess.

[Edgy MD]

Well, the Reds are going to be really embarrassed when they lose this one.

[Benjamin Grimm]

My first glance at the score and the Mets are down 9-0. They won't be part of my evening. 

[ashie62]

2nd inning, ok who pitches tonight??

 

[Cowtipper]

Part of the Mets genius is keeping MJ Melendez around. Why? .204 average. .388 slugging. No speed. Yet he's still on the team. This is like when they stuck with John Mayberry Jr. or Gary Matthews Jr. for longer one could understand. 

Yet here Melendez is still on the roster, striking out. Which he's done 40% of the time this year. Kevin Parada, Christian Arroyo and Jihwan Bae are all hitting better than .285 for Syracuse. Matt Rudick and Yonny Hernandez all have OBPs better than .360 for Syracuse. Any of those guys could be called up to replace Melendez and you wouldn't notice a difference. Or they might even do better. Yet Melendez is still here. 

[Edgy MD]

I think you should probably start an MJ Melendez thread.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

This is why this team can be infuriating. It seems like whenever they come off of something good, like the Braves series or the Subway Series, instead of building on that, they suck the wind right out of you. 

[metirish]

Can't be arsed anymore,  embarrassing to watch

[Cowtipper]

My gears are ground. 

[Edgy MD]

Sean Manaea seems like a lovely guy with nothing to say.

[Edgy MD]

Baty chasing after the guy walks his way into a bloated situation is rough.

[Edgy MD]

Setting 'em up again here.

[Edgy MD]

Bloated with one out again.

This time with Soto.

[Cowtipper]

I will say, Jared Young has been a wonderful surprise this year. He's the dark horse Met of 2026 so far, I'd say.