Minors: Pitchers at Triple-A New Orleans
In case you’re curious, and I’m willing to be that you are:
Since joining Triple-A last month, Mets 22–year-old LHP Jon Niese is 3–0 in three starts with a 2.37 ERA, while striking out 14 batters and walking four through 19 innings, during which right-handed hitters are batting .180 against him.
Meanwhile, Nelson Figueroa is 2–3 with a 4.50 ERA in his last 10 starts for Triple-A New Orleans.
In 50 relief appearances for Triple-A New Orleans, Mets 34–year-old RHP Nate Field is 1–3 with a 4.68 ERA, while striking out 55 batters in 50 innings, during which right-handed hitters are batting .146 against him.
Mets 28–year-old RHP Ivan Maldonado has a 3.86 ERA in 39 relief appearances for Triple-a New Orleans, during which he has struck out 53 batters in 56 innings, though he has also walked 33.
