Well, this is rather anticlimactic. The Mets' chances to win the division are down to 3%, according to
PlayoffStatus.com. The Braves have a mafic number of 1. Any combination of a single Mets loss and a Braves win sews up the NL East for Atlanta. Quite frankly from both perspectives: the sooner, the better. The Braves are in Miami tonight against the Marlins and are ready to finish this division up. The Mets are back in Flushing hosting the worst team in MLB for a three-game set---the same team that beat them two out of three games at Citi Field about a month ago after that huge Dodgers series.
In any case, the Mets are gonna play tonight normally, but the reality of the situation is that it's time to focus on the WC round starting on Friday. It'll be a best of three from Citi Field for all of the games necessary needed (two or three) before the NLDS. AS the #4 seed, the Mets will play the #5 seed---either the Padres or the Phillies. According to
PlyoffStatus.com, the odds are that it'll be the Padres (85%) rather than the Phillies (15%). Walker is pitching tomorrow, and deGrom will be bypassed on Wednesday---assuming the division is clinched today or tomorrow by the Braves--and the regular season finale will be a bullpen committee game. In any case, Vogelbach is DHing against the righty and Nido is catching. We'll probably see Alvarez this series catching at some point, but let's wait and see. Hopefully Marte continues to improve. I have a feeling he won't be available for the WC round either (he was hit in Pittsburgh on September 6th). Let's see what happens. Lineup and Starting pitchers are below. At least the game is back on SNY today...
Starting Lineups and Pitchers - 10.3.22 - Nats @ Mets - 7:10 pm EST start from Citi Field
#LFGM...(I guess, lol)
This would be during a hypothetical doubleheader on Thursday
I mean it from my heart.
Dennis
No problem Dennis. Thank you for the kind words (my ex-wife wouldn't agree though, lol)! Glad to have made your acquaintance online here as well :-) We'll all continue to have our threads and banter back and forth after the season is over either way. Glad you've had a good time.
That said, it would be fun entering the final day with hope. I’d pitch the bullpen game regardless. We already tried to line up our aces perfectly in the name of winning the division and it backfired.
No way. Too risky. That is uber-dangerous territory there. I'm already concerned with Darvish beating the Mets here like he did earlier this season---with ease I might add for those who may have forgotten what happened right after the All-Star Break.
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I mean it from my heart.
Dennis
No problem Dennis. Thank you for the kind words (my ex-wife wouldn't agree though, lol)! Glad to have made your acquaintance online here as well :-) We'll all continue to have our threads and banter back and forth after the season is over either way. Glad you've had a good time.
Thanks! My x-wife wouldn't either, LOL.
Marlin won. Well. The plot thickens. Maybe?
I also can’t open myself up to the possibility that the Braves would ever get swept but the Mets would not sweep the Nats and hold up their end.
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Marlin won. Well. The plot thickens. Maybe?
Barfs were hung over today after this past weekend. Tomorrow is gonna be interesting, to say the least. It's questionable if the Mets will get both games in tomorrow due to the rain.
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Marlin won. Well. The plot thickens. Maybe?
Barfs were hung over today after this past weekend. Tomorrow is gonna be interesting, to say the least. It's questionable if the Mets will get both games in tomorrow due to the rain.
I think you're right. I think the Braves had the inevitable let down after their series with us. I expect that they will win tomorrow, and put us out of our misey😁.
All that matters now for Mets is the playoffs, where hope is far from lost - ( New Window )