The New York Mets were ice cold at the plate while dropping three at Milwaukee over the weekend. I'm not confident their bats will catch fire here at San Diego Monday night either, but I don't think they need to either with Jacob deGrom on the mound.

deGrom (2-3, 3.82 ERA) tossed seven scoreless frames against Cincinnati last time out and he is 3-2 behind a minuscule 1.66 ERA in six career starts against the Padres who counter with Chris Paddack (2-1, 1.91 ERA). The 23-year-old Paddack has had a blistering start to the season, but outdueling deGrom will be too tough of a task IMO.

Mets are 5-1 in their last 6 Monday games. Padres are 9-23 in their last 32 Monday games. Padres are 1-7 in their last 8 home games vs. a team with a losing record.

We're getting good value on the visitors here at Petco Park Monday night.

8* play on New York Mets.