The Mets have a lot of stud pitchers in Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard and Zack Wheeler, but the one with the best ERA since the beginning of August is Steven Matz, and he takes the mound on Wednesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

In each of his last six starts, Matz has given up either one or two earned runs and lasted between five and 6²/₃ innings. With the Mets having the league’s second-best batting average over the last 30 days, it should set him up for success considering his counterpart has been putting a fair amount of guys on base.

Robbie Ray has been a great swing-and-miss guy for the Diamondbacks with 11.9 strikeouts per nine innings, but the 4.2 walks per nine is an issue. He is giving up 1.4 home runs per nine innings and is coming off a start in which he had to be removed after 85 pitches and 4¹/₃ innings due to a blister on his middle finger.

Though the Diamondbacks have won five of Ray’s past six starts, they’ve averaged 7.5 runs per game in that stretch. The Diamondbacks are 11th in the big leagues in runs since the All-Star break but it’s hard to see them continuing that production against Matz.

The play: Mets, -115.