Gregory Soto relieved him to keep the Mets up 1-0, officially closing the book on McLean’s big league debut. In all, McLean tossed 91 pitches, 55 of which went for strikes. He largely used sweepers (36 percent) mixed in with sinkers (26 percent) and curveballs (21 percent).

Nolan McLean is as advertised. In fact, in his MLB debut, he had a start only matched by one of the most-hyped young pitchers in Mets history. McLean went 5.1 innings on Saturday and struck out eight without allowing a run.