New York Mets starting pitcher Matt Harvey (33) delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 23, 2015.
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The Mets only won 90 games this regular season, but they’ve already bested the Los Angeles Dodgers (92 wins) and Chicago Cubs (98 wins). After sweeping the Chicago Cubs to win the NLCS, the Mets will play in the World Series against the victor of the ALCS.
The New York Mets now know they’ll be heading to Kansas City to face the Royals in Games 1 and 2 of the World Series.
It was eventually resolved when Harvey came to manager Terry Collins in late September, after a five inning start against the Yankees that ended with a Mets loss after he came out after five innings, and asked to take the reigns off. Up first, the Mets have chose to go with Matt Harvey as their starter for Game 1 and Jacob deGrom in Game 2.
If Mets fans need any more reassurance of the how ready and confident these Met pitchers are for the Fall Classic they should look to none other than Game 1 starter Matt Harvey. They also feel good about Syndergaard pitching at home, where he’s been most successful. That would give the Mets a superior pitcher matchup in the next two games and possibly set them up to win the series by pitching. But those Dodgers were swept in four games by the Orioles, and Sutton did not see any action in that Series (the Dodgers’ third starter that year was the excellent Claude Osteen, who had been acquired in a trade two years earlier). The Mets probably have the payroll flexibility to keep him around as the underrated lifer that has been quite consistent in his New York tenure, but a lot of that will probably depend on how the World Series turns out. While the Nats faltered and fell and the Cardinals burned bright before burning out, the Mets and Cubs got better, month by month, starting October as far different clubs than they started April. He’s fine. To relive all – you put him in a little protective wrap that – it’s not a sling. “So it’s going to be fun. I think we’ll be prepared”. After exiting the NLCS finale, the slugger received a cortisone injection in his sore left shoulder Thursday and was told not to participate in baseball activities for 24 hours, Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said. He said, My next two starts I’ve got to throw at least a hundred pitches to get myself back where I need to be.
Collins said Cespedes will hit Sunday and Monday when the Mets work out at Kauffman Stadium. Now, only the Kansas City Royals stand in their way of winning a World Series title.
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Uribe has been dealing with cartilage damage in his chest. While the long wait between the end of the NLCS and the start of the World Series could be what it takes to cool off the New York second baseman, his contributions to the team have been historic to the point that he is breaking all sorts of records.
