But the guy to carry the Mets in the postseason has been Daniel Murphy, who set a Major League record by homering in six consecutive postseason games (this streak is active going into Tuesday night’s game one).
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Hosmer has a weak. I remember Game 6, there’s no question about that.
Daniel Murphy turned into Barry Bonds…Daniel Murphy’s. The Mets would not be here without Murphy and need him to deliver once again.
So far, it’s two hits in nine at-bats.
But he hasn’t driven in a run and has scored only twice during that stretch, minimizing his impact. If he does, he might steal MVP honors from Murphy. 167 through the first two rounds. Kelly Johnson will be the DH for Game 1, while Michael Conforto will play left field, leaving Juan Lagares on the bench to start the game.
“He looks very comfortable in the batter’s box – and I’ll leave it at that”, Eiland said.
Conforto has struggled mightily this postseason, going 1-for-15 (.067) in seven games, but the 22-year-old will get his shot at redemption against the Royals’ all-righty rotation.
The Mets’ ownership is notoriously stingy, thanks to mountains of debt as a result of poor financial decisions, so this could be read two ways: The Mets are willing to buy high on Murphy for one year to see if his postseason performance is just a flash in the pan, or they know that impending free agents basically never accept qualifying offers and they’re gunning for the compensatory first-round draft pick they’d receive from the team that eventually signs him. The Mets offense took off once Cespedes entered the lineup. Johnny Cueto, the Royals starter, allowed just two hits to Duda Wednesday.
Curtis Granderson was the Mets’ best hitter in the NLDS against the Dodgers.
Granderson is having a strong postseason, hitting.
“We’re in the World Series“, third baseman David Wright said last week, with a huge grin and just a few minutes away from being soaked in champagne. As Mitchel Lichtman will happily inform you, it is rarely correct to totally rule out any pitch or location, and if a pitcher is truly randomizing his pitches, he’ll sometimes throw places that don’t seem to make much sense. So far in the playoffs, the fastballs of the four members of the Mets rotation (de Grom, Syndergaard, Harvey, and Steven Matz) average 96 miles an hour – the highest average for a postseason rotation since 2009 (which is as far back as ESPN has data).
The most lopsided matchup of the series. Had the Mets held on in the ninth, they’d be strutting into Game 2 with Jacob deGrom and a great chance to head back to Queens with a 2-0 lead. Starting July 26 through season’s end, Ventura went 9-1 with a 3.10 ERA, with his 91 strikeouts during this stretch tying for second in the American League.
The New York Mets celebrate after defeating the Chicago Cubs in game four of the 2015 MLB National League Championship Series at Wrigley Field on October 21, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. “We’re not trying to give up homers”, Royals closer Wade Davis said.
Familia, who tied the single-season franchise record with 43 saves, had an ERA+ of 200 this year, the best in franchise history for a full-season closer. But Kelvin Herrera and Luke Hochevar have been stellar during the postseason, while the Mets’ group of Tyler Clippard, Addison Reed and Bartolo Colon have been up and down.
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Daniel Murphy must have done something to royally piss of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
