NEW YORK — Shane Baz had lots of reasons to smile after Sunday’s outing in which he used his high-octane fastball and a good mix of his curve, changeup and reworked slider/cutter to hold the Mets to three hits while working into the seventh inning.

Manaea tied his single-season career-high with 12 wins and had a career-best 3.47 ERA across 32 starts last year. The southpaw also tied his career-best 1.08 WHIP, which ranked 11th in baseball, and his ERA ranked 20th.

NEW YORK — Mets infielder Brett Baty exited Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. In the moment, with the Mets trailing 6-0, it looked like Mets manager Carlos Mendoza was trying to spark something, pinch-hitting Ronny Mauricio in Baty’s place.

Shane Baz se combinó con tres relevistas para permitir solo cinco hits, y los Rays de Tampa Bay blanquearon el domingo 9-0 a Nueva York para completar la primera serie

In his own words, Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns is “frankly never really concerned about having too much” starting pitching, because he’s been around long enough to know there’s no such thing.

Carlos Mendoza made a compromise. The Mets manager wanted to give Francisco Lindor a rare day off on Sunday as the shortstop continues to deal with a fractured pinky toe. But Lindor wasn’t having it.

Statistically, the Mets rotation remains atop the heap, No. 1 in all of baseball, with a 2.93 ERA. Realistically, it doesn’t feel that way today.

SNY takes a look at the Mets celebrating Father's Day through the years, with current Mets' players spending time with fans on the field before the game

New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza and right-hander Griffin Canning discuss the starting pitcher's performance in Sunday's 9-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.