Welcome to this best-of-five National League Division Series thread between the 6th seeded Mets (89-73) & the 2nd seeded N.L. East Champion Phillies (95-67). The Mets beat the Brewers by the hairs on their chinny-chin-chins in the NLWS two days ago
despite losing the season series to them during the regular season. The Phillies, like the Brewers, won the regular season series against the Mets
7 games to 6. The Mets will be looking for some payback against the Phillies the same way they did against the Brewers. Click
HERE to read a preview of this Playoff Series. Enjoy 😊!
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Mets @ Phillies: Game 1 –⚾Senga (R) vs. Wheeler (R)⚾– 4:08 pm EDT
Starting Lineups for both clubs today.
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Probable Starting Pitcher Matchups for today & tomorrow against the Phillies in the city of co-called Brotherly Love.
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#LFGM!
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Notes:
-Today’s game will be televised on
FOX, but tomorrow afternoon’s game will be televised on
FS1.
-The weather forecast for today's game at Citizen’s Bank Park is excellent. Click
HERE to keep updated & see the Hourly AccuWeather Reports from there.
-These two teams are VERY familiar with each other. The Mets are now going to be back in their own time-zone for the first time in approximately two weeks when they played their last home game on the 22nd of September. Click
HERE too see the Mets’ 26-man roster for the NLDS against the Phillies.
-Click
HERE to see the list of the Mets’ roster transactions so far in October.
-Click
HERE to see the Mets' 26-man active playoff roster for this series.
-The Mets' 4-man bench for today’s game will consist of
Torrens (R), Martinez (R), Acuña (R), & Bader (R). 
NFT: NFT: Mets Minor Leagues (October) - DanMetroMan - 10/1/2024 - 3:32 pm
*For reference purposes, here are the links for previous months as well:
NFT: Mets Minor League Updates (September) - DanMetroMan - 9/1/2024 - 10:29 am
NFT: Mets Minor League Discussion (August) - DanMetroMan - 8/1/2024 - 8:38 am
NFT: Mets Minor Leagues (July) - DanMetroMan - 7/1/2024 - 10:17 am
NFT: Mets Minor League Thread (June) - DanMetroMan - 6/1/2024 - 10:45 am
NFT: Mets Minor Leagues (May) - DanMetroMan - 5/1/2024 - 12:15 pm
NFT: Mets Minor League Update (April) - DanMetroMan - 4/2/2024 - 10:17 am
2024 Postseason Schedule - MLB.com - ( New Window )
This is the kind of decision that can make Mendoza look like a legend. Like Tony La Russa or I don't know Connie Mack territory, WS win or not if Senga is successful having the balls to have him start game 1 is so huge.
After his last outing never in a million years did I think this is how this would play out. And I love Senga when asked how many pitches he'll throw? "If they say 10 pitches, I'm all in for 10 pitches. If they say 200, I'm in for 200"
Also, Tyron Taylor is officially ahead of Harrison Bader as centerfielder, I guess.
Bader just hasn't shown enough stick of late. Both bring defense and speed. Taylor hasn't hit much recently either, but had a better season with RISP.
LGM
This is the kind of decision that can make Mendoza look like a legend. Like Tony La Russa or I don't know Connie Mack territory, WS win or not if Senga is successful having the balls to have him start game 1 is so huge.
After his last outing never in a million years did I think this is how this would play out. And I love Senga when asked how many pitches he'll throw? "If they say 10 pitches, I'm all in for 10 pitches. If they say 200, I'm in for 200"
I think they went with Senga versus Megill or Peterson as the latter two have experience coming in from the bullpen. The routine is different when you don’t know for sure how much time you will have to warm up. You go Senga to Peterson to Megill and each “reliever” has a different style. Detroit has won games that way this year.
The Phillies are the favorite, with home field and the team that clinched everything weeks ago. It's a role reversal for them compared to recent years.
And I get the sense the Mets don't feel much pressure either. I don't know if I'd say that about this core group of guys in recent years. But I feel it this year, they are loose and feel good about themselves.
Beat Philly!
They are terrible
Mets @ Phillies: | 4:08 pm EDT start - October 5, 2024 – TV Broadcast: Mets' feed – FOX (strfish.xyz)
Mets @ Phillies: | 4:08 pm EDT start - October 5, 2024 – TV Broadcast: Mets' feed – FOX (tvsportslive.fr)
MLB.com - Gameday: Pitch by Pitch – Mets @ Phillies – October 5, 2024 - 4:08 pm EDT start
Enjoy today's game 😊
Literally 1 pitch difference in this game.
Because of the length of his rehab so far he was never going to go more than an inning or two. It was about preventing Philly from doing their usual line-up against lefties.
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Why is Senga out already?
Because of the length of his rehab so far he was never going to go more than an inning or two. It was about preventing Philly from doing their usual line-up against lefties.
Makes sense, didn't want to hear that he reinjured something
Stay classy.
It’s been very bad. Drinking pace is accelerating in my house.
After pitching in relief for only the second time in his career just two days ago, 50 pitches may be all he had in him today.
I would give Garrett a second inning
Their pitchers have kept them in the game.
One swing away.....