Chris Archer, one of the marquee names moved at the 2018 trade deadline, has not lived up to what the Pirates gave up to acquire him. The Mets are hoping for the opposite from their prized pitcher, Marcus Stroman, who will oppose Archer on Saturday night in Pittsburgh.

Stroman was a tough-luck loser with the Toronto Blue Jays. He posted a 2.96 ERA with the third-lowest home run rate among qualified starters, yet has just a 6-11 record. Toronto gave him two runs or fewer of support in 11 of his 21 starts.

Archer is 3-8 with a 5.58 ERA, and in his last start (against the Mets), he gave up six runs prior to recording his second out of the first inning. The Pirates were 3-16 since the All-Star break entering Friday, while Stroman joins a Mets team that was 13-5 since the break with the second-best bullpen ERA in baseball.

With Stroman giving up more than three earned runs in just one of his past 13 starts, along with all these factors, his career in New York should get off to a solid start.

The play: Mets, -133.