Juan Soto has seen Aaron Nola plenty over their careers and has handled him well, posting a .983 OPS and 3 HRs. He's also walked 15 times against Nola, so betting Soto to walk could be another strong angle. Soto has 6 multi-hit games and 6 HRs over his last 9 games, and Nola is in the midst of the worst season of his career. We set Soto's line at +280 to homer.
Phillies starter Aaron Nola is broken. He has a 6.78 ERA and it's 8.38 since he returned from a lengthy injury absence. On the other side, I feel like things have gone far too swimmingly for Mets rookie Nolan McLean and he's due a little regression, especially since a righty-mashing team that just was dominated by him on Aug. 27. Both bullpens can be vulnerable, too.
Realmuto is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Atlanta, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
The Mets optioned Yan to Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday.
Schwarber went 2-for-3 with two walks, a home run, two runs scored and two RBI in Saturday's 4-2 win over Atlanta.
Wheeler (12-5) collected the win in Saturday's 4-2 victory over Atlanta, allowing one run on three hits and two walks over six innings. He struck out nine.
Thornton (3-5) took the loss Saturday, coughing up six runs on seven hits -- including four home runs -- and a walk over five innings. He struck out six.
Stott (personal) will start at third base and bat eighth Saturday against Atlanta.
Stock allowed one hit and retired the other batter he faced while working out of the bullpen in Friday's 10-6 win over the Giants.
Bohm went 2-for-4 with an RBI double and a solo home run during Friday's 5-2 loss to Atlanta.
Sanchez (16-5) took the loss against Atlanta on Friday, allowing three runs on five hits and three walks while striking out five across six innings.
McLean earned the win against the Giants on Friday, allowing two runs on six hits and four walks with seven strikeouts over six innings.
