According to the so-called baseball experts and talking heads, before this season started, the Mets weren’t supposed to be here. They had no business even sniffing an NL East crown let alone winning it. Here we are though, mere days away from the first Metropolitan playoff game in nine years. The Mets are playing with house money. We look across the coast to the opponent, the Los Angeles...
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Here’s a fascinating article by Mike Rosenbaum of MLB.com who spoke to Mets general manager Sandy Alderson about a variety of topics including how his rebuild centered around high-upside pitching prospects. “The strategy in building the team focused on the pitching, primarily the starting pitching, and that’s where the enthusiasm for our franchise’s future began to...
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According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, Mets GM Sandy Alderson said he would be “very surprised” if infielder Juan Uribe were to make the NLDS roster. The Mets are scheduled to fly to Los Angeles on Wednesday, and it doesn’t appear that Uribe will be make the trek as he continues to recover from a chest contusion. This has opened the door for Kirk Nieuwenhuis to make the team, at...
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Even with the Mets scheduled to face three southpaws in the NLDS, hitting coach Kevin Long isn’t concerned about how his top left handed bats will perform. Long says the Mets were going to be challenged regardless of who they would face in the playoffs, and he believes that lefties like Curtis Granderson, Daniel Murphy and Lucas Duda are capable of grinding out at bats. “It’s...
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In the 2015 season the Mets took on the Dodgers seven times, little did they know that they would be meeting up once again in the National League Division Series. All seven meetings took place in July with the first one being a three game set during the Fourth of July weekend. Noah Syndergaard and Clayton Kershaw squared off on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. As good as Kershaw was, Syndergaard...
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The broadcast times for the NL Division Series between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers are as follows: Game 1: Friday 9:45 PM EST on TBS Game 2: Saturday: 9:07 PM EST on TBS …Those are some pretty late start times for the kiddies… Bad job… Postseason Field American League • Toronto Blue Jays (AL East) • Kansas City Royals (AL Central) • Texas Rangers (AL West) • New...
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