Mets’ Ryne Stanek is clinging to the grid spot while struggles are mounting

Atlanta – Ryne Stanek started the season as a bull pen option of TOP Mets, but is approaching the last month that just struggles to keep a schedule.

It is a reality that the 34-year-old Fireballer recognizes, but says that he largely chooses to ignore when he tries to recover from what he regards as a career-stretch.

“If you play long enough, you know how the company works,” said Stanek, who did not appear in the 12-7 victory of the Mets on the Braves on Friday. “My job is to go outside and pitch and go out and get better and take what they tell me and implement it. I can’t worry about [potentially getting released] At the moment. That everything is, it’s a distraction. “

This season, Stanek has compiled an ERA of 5.65 in 50 performances. His last rough outing was Thursday, when he spent four earned points in the eighth inning in the 9-3 loss of the Mets in Washington.

It marked the third time this month that Stanek surrendered several runs during an outing. He has now allowed an ERA of 18.56 for August with 11 hits and five walks over 5 ¹/₃ innings, over seven performances.

Stanek’s frustration stems from the fact that his raw stuff remains elite – its average fastball speed of 98.5 mph rank in the 97th percentile of MLB, according to Statcast, with a slider on which the expected stroke average this season is .168 .168. The actual number is .229, because Stanek has not caught many breaks on balls that are placed in the game.

“This is the best things I have had all my career,” said Stanek. “Speed, forms, execution during the year has been better, but the results have been worse. And that is the part, like, is it a problem with the sequencing? Is it a pitch-tipping problem? We are about all the things it could be.

“I have never had a piece where my things have been as good as it has been and the results are what they have been, which is the most frustrating part. It is much easier than:” Oh, the speed is from below, I get harder. “If it is noticeably different, you can pick it up fairly easily.”

Last season, Stanek was an important addition after arrival at the Handelsdeadline from Seattle. He emerged as the best setup option of the team as the Mets progressed in the late season before he returned last winter with a one-year contract of $ 4.5 million.

The season started with Stanek as a primary option that led to Edwin Diaz, but the lack of consistency of Stanek changed the script. Before the Trade Deadline, the Mets Gregory Soto, Tyler Rogers and Ryan Helsley acquired, relegated Stanek to a role with a lower leverage.

“The preparation is absolutely very different,” said Stanek. “Many things are different, but I am not going to use that as an excuse. That is not going well, right? My job is to go outside and get outs when my name is called and that is what I am going to concentrate on.”

Manager Carlos Mendoza said he spoke with Stanek after the Thursday’s outing, including the right-handed person who surrenders a three-run Homer to James Wood.

“I will remain supportive; the stuff is there,” said Mendoza. ‘You look at 100 [mph] And showing it, and it’s a bit crazy, but we continue to believe in him. “

Mendoza said that the key to success is finished when he gets ahead in the count.

“Maybe he is a bit too much in the battle zone and they put the ball in the game,” said Mendoza. “And he also had a bit of bad luck, but I think it is the greatest to execute when he is ahead.”