1B-Hernandez Vs. 1B-Tino Martinez ADV Mets
2B-Backman Vs. Knoblauch ADV Yankees
SS-Santana Vs. Jeter ADV Yankees
3B-Knight Vs. Brosius ADV Even
LF-Foster/Mitchell Vs. Curtis ADV Mets
CF-Dykstra/Wilson Vs. Bernie ADV Yankees
RF-Strawberry Vs. O'Neill ADV Mets
C-Carter Vs. Posada ADV Mets
SP-Gooden Vs. Wells ADV Mets
SP-Darling Vs.Pettite ADV Yankees
SP-Ojeda Vs. Cone ADV Even
SP-El Sid Vs. Irabu ADV Mets
SP-Aguilera Vs. El Duque ADV Yankees
UTL-Howard Johnson vs. Luis Sojo ADV Mets
CL-Orosco/McDowell Vs. Mariano ADV Yankees
Mets-8 Yankees-6 amongst major positions, I think it would have been an amazing series.
There's a reason that team only won one series. They were overrated. :)
Well played, HH!! It would be a great series, and a lot of fun too. I don't think the 98 Yanks would win as easily as some of my fellow Yankee fans think
I say 98 Yanks in 7...the difference being the 98 Yanks' bullpen
I see what you did there... :=)
Advanced stats say the Yanks, but beyond that...
Strawberry and Backman are legit lunatics, Knight was a gold gloves boxer, Dykstra is a convicted felon nicknamed nails, and that doesn't even consider pitching staffs - Gooden when coked up is like a crazed dog.
I think that '98 team was as good a baseball team as there ever was.
1970 Orioles? Hmm, would have never considered them. Great pitching.
Not close by any measure....except for ERA+, which factors for era, league, and park. Yankees had a team ERA+ of 116, Mets of 115.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a Mets fan as well as a Yankees fan. But I think those 85 to 88 teams were a great disappointment due to their gross underacheivement, especially Strawberry. All that talent wasted.
Who on the Yankees was on steroids in 1998? Enlighten me.
the NL had some good teams that era.
This is fair - cocaine use actually degrades performance (Dykstra, Hernandez, Strawberry, Gooden, etc, etc,)
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depends if the Yankees are allowed to continue their rampant steroid/HGH abuse or not.
Who on the Yankees was on steroids in 1998? Enlighten me.
I suspect everyone.
He lost the first two starts, pithed really well though.
the final game of the NLCS he pitched a CG SH.
He had complete games in both his world series starts.
His 1988 season IMO is slightly below Pedro's 1999 season as one of the most dominant baseball pitching performances I've seen.
8 CG SH.
They couldn't beat the '86 Red Sox in six, but they would beat the Yankees in six?
Yes, that is my Friday night.
Yanks had enormous edges in CF with Bernie and SS with Jeter.
Who knows who'd win a series but the Yanks would absolutely be favored because they were the better team.
It's impossible to say who'd win in a series. But you can say who'd be favored in a series. And the '98 Yanks would be the favorite against pretty much any post-80s modern era baseball teams.
The only place were I see a massive gap is in the bullpen with Rivera.
rofl
Exactly, that Mets team was really good, and of course they *could* win a series against the 98 Yankees, or anyone else. But the Yankees were the superior team and would win a majority of games if the two teams were actually able to play each other over a decent sized sample.
That's cute.
Regarding offense...The only position at which the Mets had a clear edge was first base. The Yankees are even or better at every other position, with an incredibly large edge at SS that dwarfs any other advantage either team has. They also had the best hitter on either team by a fair margin (Bernie) and the greatest reliever to ever walk the earth.
If you go by WAR, Keith Hernandez was more valuable in 1986 than Bernie was in 1998 (defense obviously the difference). However, '98 Jeter was more valuable than either of them.
Yeah.
the Yankees were a better team, with more savvy vets. So, I think the Yanks win. But sometimes young talent does prevail. So, you never know.
Um, no. Mets would win.
Um, no. Mets would win.
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The 1986 Mets would have beat ANY TEAM ever in that year.
Um, no. Mets would win.
In 1999 he was the WS MVP
We forget how dominant he was back then
And across his career i think his playoff record was about 110 innings with an ERa of 0.81
In sum the Yankees played an inning more than the opponents back then