Scott Engel 
Steven Matzhas to be a stopper for the Mets on Sunday. That is why you should use him inDFS against Milwaukee Sunday. Matz has to do what an ace does – stop a losingskid. Zack Wheeler is the Mets’ best pitcher right now, but Matz has to step forwardas an ace would.
Matz is only$8000 on DraftKings, so you can easily slide him into your lineup. Last week hestopped a two-game losing streak by beating Philadelphia, and now he has tohalt a three-game run of defeats for the Mets against Milwaukee. Matz has oftenbeen described as inconsistent this season, but in reality he has endured onebad turn in five starts. He has actually allowed two earned runs or less infour of his five outings. In fact, he has allowed three earned runs or less inhis past 11 starts dating back to last year. Not so erratic as advertised whenyou look at the numbers more closely.
After NoahSyndergaard delivered another disappointing outing Saturday night, which cameafter the latest Jacob deGrom fiasco, Mickey Callaway talked about how the entirepitching staff was not “executing” well, as in getting too deep into counts andnot being economical. Well, Matz threw 99 pitches and faced 23 batters in sixinnings in his last start, and 102 and 23 two starts before that. Only eighthitters have gotten him to 3-1 or 3-2 counts this season. So he is capable ofthe “execution” Callaway is looking for.
Matz has ahome ERA of 0.82 so far this season. His opponent, Gio Gonzalez, is 11-2 with a 1.75 ERA and 1.00 WHIP in 17career starts at Citi Field but is making his first start of the season aftera less than impressive run with the Yankees in the minors over three games(4.38 ERA, 1.47 WHIP). Milwaukee is just 14th in road batting and 28thin day games. Expect Matz to be the key performer as the Mets stave off a homesweep today.
