Any other position (and former Tri-City ValleyCats shortstop Ben Zobrist plays a lot of them) and Zobrist would get the nod.
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“DeGrom, I got a lock of his hair past year that still hangs above my locker”, Wright said. Hopefully this year we don’t go seven. These guys, they don’t have to do that because they can throw everything for strikes….
They simply couldn’t win their fifth straight elimination game.
That’s how easy he’s making it look in real games, too. But as the World Series gets under way, Harvey, who more than anyone is the face of the Mets’ resurgence, has reclaimed his position at the top of their rotation.
Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain said Monday that last years 7th game loss stung. But there are ways to get guys out. As usual. We might as well get to know them.
In order to watch the games online, fans can use the Fox Sports GO website (or app for mobile viewing), but access requires a valid login through a cable provider. That’s in the past now, but you bet people will still be watching his workload closely, even in the World Series. While they deserve to be in the Show, I am wondering if this team has enough left in the tank to beat a very talented Royals team. They made the World Series a bit ahead of schedule. Rios said “It makes it sweet, each time you can contribute in a big game or a big situation, but what makes it even sweeter are the victories we have achieved as a team”.
The Mets will throw Matt Harvey in the first game with Jacob deGrom starting Game 2 on Wednesday, and Noah Syndergaard will start Game 3 on Friday in New York. Will a Mets team that has faced Zack Greinke, Clayton Kershaw, Jon Lester and Jake Arrieta in six of nine postseason games really be cowed by Johnny Cueto, Edinson Volquez, Yordano Ventura and Chris Young? We didn’t want that.
Eric Hosmer probably is the biggest name on the Royals, unless it is Johnny Cueto. He’s pitched his best games here. He’s had a great year for us, he’s been a great addition for us. Really, though, Yost has a problem: his starters don’t measure up to the Mets’ group, and with a full load of right-handers Kansas City plays into New York’s hands.
While the Royals were pushed to six games by the Blue Jays in the ALCS, the Mets never trailed at any points in any game in their NLCS sweep of the Cubs.
On his preparation being different than usual, Volquez said, “It’s another game”. The bottom line is that, rather than let his teammates and his city down and damaging his reputation in the process, Harvey has essentially said, “Give me the ball”. “That’s why I swung at a lot of pitches up”.
Volquez spent a few time in the National League with the Reds, Padres, Dodgers, and Pirates.
Likewise, Mets outfielder Juan Lagares has J. Lagares Jr 12 on his good-luck glove. In fact, no team in baseball makes contact more often than the Royals. If he comes out throwing hard again, it will be interesting to see how he mixes up his pitches.
It’s a great organization.
Murphy’s bat supplied almost all of the offense and the pitching suffocated the Mets’ postseason opponents.
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New York was also given little World Series consideration prior to the start of their campaign, joining Kansas City back at 33/1, but grabbed an early-season lead atop the NL East that they would not relinquish and secured the division title with 90 wins. Yost said of preparing for an offensive force like this, “He’s been very, very hot”.
