At a Citi Field news conference Tuesday, manager Carlos Mendoza revealed that J.D. Martinez is likely to get his first NLCS start in Game 3. Martinez slumped through September but went 4-for-14 over the first two rounds of the playoffs. The Dodgers are starting right-hander Walker Buehler in Game 3 so it is a mini-surprise that Mendoza said “there’s a good chance” Martinez will...
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Monday’s Game 2 was about as close to a must-win game as it could get. The Mets had their ace, Sean Manaea, on the mound against the Dodgers, who were throwing a bullpen game. Fortunately for the Mets, the bats spotted them a big lead early and the arms came to play, mostly shutting down the Dodgers’ lineup and silencing the star power at the top of the order. Manaea, as he has been...
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Francisco Lindor on Tuesday was not named one of the three finalists for the NL Gold Glove award, Rawlings announced. Dansby Swanson, Masyn Winn, and Ezequiel Tovar were named in the top three for the award, which allegedly is given to the best defender at their respective position. Swanson, Winn, and Tovar were the top three defenders with over 1,000 innings at short by Fielding Bible’s...
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For Francisco Lindor’s latest trick, he broke up the Dodgers’ postseason record-tying 33-inning scoreless streak. “I was just trying to have a quality at-bat and get the guys going,” he said after the Mets’ 7-3 victory in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. “I was not trying to hit a home run. Just trying to stay within myself. I’m trying...
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Crossroads in a baseball game can come at any moment. Any inning of a game. Usually we think of the later innings or middle innings of those games, but on Monday against the Dodgers, the Mets moment came in the second when Dave Roberts chose to pitch to Mark Vientos. The moment was set up by the bottom of the order against Landon Knack. The righty allowed a leadoff single to Starling Marte, walk...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Francisco Lindor smacked a leadoff homer, and Mark Vientos punctuated a five-run second inning with a grand slam as the Mets evened the NLCS at one with a 7-3 victory over the Dodgers. After the game, Vientos said he took it personally when Lindor was intentionally walked right before the grand slam. Vientos is the youngest player ever to hit a grand slam in League...
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