Overview
- Clay Holmes suffered a fractured right fibula on May 15, removing a frontline starter who had a 2.39 ERA and whose absence has left the rotation short of reliable innings.
- Since Holmes' injury the Mets' starters have posted a 6.32 ERA, 1.53 WHIP and 5.14 FIP in the measured span, with starters averaging fewer innings and issuing more walks than before.
- The club has leaned on openers and bulk relievers — including Huascar Brazobán, Tobias Myers and Jonah Tong — to cover short or spot starts as traditional starters struggle to go deep.
- The bullpen has been a stabilizer, producing an ERA near 2.81 over the post-May 15 sample and frequently covering multiple innings to salvage games.
- The Mets have reinstated A.J. Minter and Jared Young and moved Luis Robert Jr. to the 60-day IL, leaving the front office to weigh short-term role changes or roster moves if injured players do not return soon.