Steven Matz will make his season debut Monday night when the New York Mets host the Miami Marlins (7 p.m. ET on ESPN/WatchESPN).

Matz was 4-0 with a 2.27 ERA and 34 strikeouts in 35 2/3 innings last season. Through their five games this season, the Mets lead the National League in ERA (2.05) and are no worse than tied for second in WHIP (1.00) and strikeouts per nine innings (6.14).

Mets starters had a 3.44 ERA last season, the team’s best since a 3.43 mark in 1989.

No Marlins hitter has had more than three plate appearances against Matz.

Marlins notes

The Marlins’ 2016 payroll of $77 million is the fifth-lowest in baseball. They have been in the bottom five in payroll each of the past four seasons.

Stanton's longest The calculated distances of Giancarlo Stanton's 10 longest home runs Date Opponent Feet Aug. 17, 2012 at Rockies 494 June 23, 2015 vs. Cardinals 484 June 5, 2015 at Rockies 484 April 4, 2014 vs. Padres 484 May 16, 2015 vs. Braves 475 May 15, 2015 vs. Braves 474 Aug. 15, 2011 at Rockies 474 Aug. 11, 2014 vs. Cardinals 470 April 12, 2014 at Phillies 469 May 12, 2015 at Dodgers 467

Nearly 12 percent of the Marlins’ payroll this season will go to Giancarlo Stanton. He will earn $9 million this season as part of his 13-year, $325 million contract he signed in November 2014. Stanton’s heavily backloaded contract is paying him $30 million in the first three seasons.

Stanton’s only home run this season, in the Marlins’ opener against the Tigers, was calculated at 409 feet -- impressive enough.

His longest home run, calculated at 494 feet, came Aug. 17, 2012, in Colorado. Stanton hit five of his 10 longest home runs in 2015.

Beginning with the 2011 season, Stanton has the most 425-foot home runs (63), 12 more than Nelson Cruz.

He ranked 10th in the NL with 27 home runs in 2015 despite missing the final 87 games of the season with a broken hamate bone in his left wrist. Stanton led the majors with 27 home runs and 67 RBIs at the time of his injury last season.

Christian Yelich hit .342 after the All-Star break last season, fifth-best in baseball. He went from hitting .178 in mid-May to finishing with his first .300 season.

Dee Gordon, the reigning NL batting champion, hitting .421 (8-for-19) with two doubles and two triples this season.

Last season, Gordon was the first player to lead the NL in batting average (.333) and stolen bases (58) since Jackie Robinson in 1949.

Mets’ offense

The Mets are last in the NL with a .180 batting average and a .529 OPS. Their batting average on balls in play is .235 (NL average is .303), indicating that some of their poor production can be attributed to luck.

Like Matz, the Marlins’ Jarred Cosart is scheduled to make his season debut Monday.

Cosart's 2015 season was short-circuited by vertigo. He was limited to 13 starts and was 2-5 with a 4.52 ERA. Cosart was strong in 10 starts after the Marlins acquired him from the Astros in 2014, going 4-4 with a 2.39 ERA.

Lucas Duda is 2-for-6 with two doubles against Cosart. Yoenis Cespedes is also 2-for-6, including a home run, against the right-hander.