Good morning, Mets fans! After a series split in Los Angeles, your New York Metropolitans have returned to Citi Field for three in Queens. Probable pitchers for today and tomorrow have been announced, with the Mets’ Luis Severino (11-7, 3.91 ERA in regular season) taking the ball today against the Dodgers’ Walker Buehler (1-6, 5.38 ERA). Jose Quintana and Yoshinobu Yamamoto will face off...
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Ahead of their home games in the NLCS, the Mets have announced their ceremonial first pitches. On Wednesday, legends of the World Series-wining 1986 team will grace the field, as Darryl Strawberry will throw the pitch out to Doc Gooden. On Thursday, Robin Ventura will throw out the first pitch to Edgardo Alfonzo. And on Friday, two key members of the 2015 team will be on the field, as Matt...
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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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