I was invited by Strat-O-Matic to manage the New York Mets in a special 2020 MLB Season Simulation.
At 2:00 PM each day, Strat-O-Matic will announce the results, standings, statistics and key game highlights from that day’s scheduled contests on their site as well as MMO and @Metsmerized on Twitter.
Thursday’s game results are listed below. Full results, standings and boxscores are available at https://www.strat-o-matic.com/2020-season-simulation/.
Lineups and pitching matchups each day are submitted by me and the other 29 special guest managers and Strat-O-Matic’s own team of experts.
The defending champion Washington Nationals knocked off the New York Mets, 4-3, on a ninth-inning, tie-breaking home run by Howie Kendrick off Mets closer Edwin Diaz.
You can be sure that I’ll have a very short leash on Diaz this season, but on the bright side, Dellin Betances looks like he could step right into the closer role after striking out the side in the eighth.
With the loss of Noah Syndergaard, I had no choice but to pit Marcus Stroman against Stephen Strasburg in game two of the series.
Hopefully Alonso and McNeil will provide some fireworks after going hitless in the season opener.
Also, strongly considering bumping Seth Lugo to the rotation to replace Thor.
Here’s today’s boxscore….
