McLean joined Matt Harvey as the only pitchers in Mets history to earn a win, strike out eight or more and allow zero runs in their debut.

On Baseball Night in NY, Anthony DiComo and Jim Duquette discuss the possibility of another young pitching prospect Brandon Sproat, joining the Mets rotation sooner rather than later.

New York Mets’ color commentator Ron Darling made a glowing comparison after Nolan McLean’s first big league start.

But finishing this marathon has proven challenging: Holmes is averaging less than five innings in his last nine starts, the Mets losing five of them, as he’s posted a 5.02 ERA and his strikeout-walk ratio has shriveled to 1.66.

The first pitch was a ball. The second, Rodríguez lined toward McLean, who fielded the ball on one hop behind his back, and then had the presence of mind to throw to second for a chance at a double-play.

The identity of the most successful New York Mets teams has been about pitching. Rarely have they been an organization fully dependent on large offensive number