Overview

• Reed Garrett was deployed as an opener on August 9, sacrificing a key high-leverage reliever in the first inning
• Montas lasted three innings, gave up three runs on 72 pitches and saw his ERA sit at 6.38 after eight appearances
• New York has dropped six consecutive games and no starter besides David Peterson has reached six innings since mid-June
• Manager Carlos Mendoza confirmed he has not made a decision on Montas’s next scheduled outing and will set the rotation after today’s finale
• The Mets are prepared to call up top prospects Brandon Sproat or Nolan McLean if Montas is removed from the rotation