The Mets aren’t the only ones in the division talking about stacked rotations, October baseball and winning a championship. On Wednesday, Bryce Harper of the Nationals did some touting of his own.
“It’s absolutely stupid how good our staff is. To add a Cy Young, to add a guy that’s unbelievable in the postseason — if you have to go into a five-game set in the postseason, looking ahead like I told you I wouldn’t, but if you have to go into a five-game set against a team, you’re going to have to face Jordan Zimmermann, Doug Fister, Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg. I mean, good luck. Because that’s insane.”
“I’m going to bring back a title to D.C. no matter what. And I’m getting chills thinking about it.”
I noticed most of the odds makers updated their baseball futures this week and I thought I’d take a look.
It’s a slight improvement from January and the over/under has also increased from 81.5 to an even 82.
Straight up odds for the Mets to win the World Series remained at 28/1 ranking 17th overall among all MLB teams, and remaining ahead of the Miami Marlins and New York Yankees who are at 33/1.
Of course the Nationals are the odds-on favorite wherever you look, but the Mets continue to keep improving ever so slightly.
I would love to see the Mets open the season in Washington by taking at least two of the three games. You don’t normally label a series in April as must-win, but considering what’s at stake and how the Mets need to break the stranglehold the Nationals have placed them in the last three years, a series win would make a huge statement for New York. Whatever the matchups end up being, they should all end up being epic pitching matchups and fun to watch.
