Monday, Aug 31, 2026Tropicana Field6:40 PM ETPreview

NYM · Away · 61-75

New York Mets

NL East · 4th · 20.0 GB

—:—

6:40 PM ET

TB · Home · 81-54

Tampa Bay Rays

AL East · 1st · —

Starting pitcher matchup

Robert Stock —

New York Mets

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

—

215th

WHIP

—

217th

K/9

—

61st

BB/9

—

212th

FIP

4.63

HR/9

—

50th

OPS/R

0.877

—

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA4.58

Road ERA24.00

Last 5 starts

ERA

—

QUALITY
START %

—

DAYS
REST

—

TBD —

Tampa Bay Rays

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

—

WHIP

—

K/9

—

BB/9

—

FIP

—

HR/9

—

OPS/R

—

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA—

Road ERA—

Last 5 starts

ERA

—

QUALITY
START %

—

DAYS
REST

—

Team OPS vs opposing starter's hand (2026)

Mets vs — (TBD)

25th

in MLB

0.694OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

Rays vs — (Robert Stock)

3rd

in MLB

0.756OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

2026 season team comparison

New York Mets

Stat

Tampa Bay Rays

— (24th)

Batting Average

— (1st)

— (26th)

OPS

— (6th)

— (10th)

Home Runs

— (23rd)

— (25th)

Runs Scored

— (14th)

— (13th)

Team ERA

— (8th)

— (15th)

Team WHIP

— (1st)

— (7th)

K/9 (Starters)

— (19th)

Runs scored & allowed per inning (2026)

Mets

Runs Scored

0.49

0.48

0.35

0.46

0.49

0.53

0.42

0.43

0.32

Runs Allowed

0.54

0.59

0.61

0.45

0.43

0.53

0.44

0.47

0.42

Rays

Runs Scored

0.51

0.47

0.49

0.59

0.46

0.52

0.47

0.56

0.42

Runs Allowed

0.40

0.38

0.46

0.30

0.57

0.56

0.50

0.41

0.44

Official starting lineups are published a few hours before first pitch. They will appear here and on the lineup page as soon as they are posted.

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