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). 
Only Lindor had a higher OPS, he was 3rd on the team in OBP, 3rd in average, 2nd in slugging, 2nd in wRC+, 3rd best k%, 2nd in ISO
@nightengalejr
🚨BREAKING story from @MillerStrib
: Minnesota Twins owner Joe Pohlad says his family is exploring selling the team. https://startribune.com/minnesota-twins-sale-pohlad-family-mlb-calvin-griffith/601160089
@StarTribune
I feel bad for him. He's clearly not well. His entire twitter account is just angry stuff. Obviously his career hasn't taken a step forward. Was a young Mets beat writer with a seemingly bright future and has gone nowhere.
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follow ex-Mets beatwriter Matt Ehalt on twitter? He's become an over the top Mets hater and it's wild to see.
I feel bad for him. He's clearly not well. His entire twitter account is just angry stuff. Obviously his career hasn't taken a step forward. Was a young Mets beat writer with a seemingly bright future and has gone nowhere.
It's really weird. Like non-stop.
I wrote this team off in May.
I wrote this team off after losing two of three to the Athletics at home in August.
I thought it was over in August after losing on a Sunday to San Diego and Diaz blowing a save against the Diamondbacks.
I thought it was over after losing the first two games to the Brewers in the regular season series.
I thought it was over after Butto let off those two home runs in Game 3 of the Wildcare series.
I'm blown away by the resiliency and toughness of this team. LGM!
@JonHeyman
Justin Dunn, a former Mets 1st rounder from Long Island, will be throwing a mound session for scouts on Tuesday in the Phoenix area. (His younger brother Ryan was a first round NBA pick this year and is a rookie with the Phoenix Suns.)
Leftie bullpen insurance in case Peterson falters? Thankfully Peterson has been so incredible we haven't needed him.
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is Danny Young even on the team? If it's a blow out he's not even the type of arm who can give you a bunch of innings. Might as well swap him with Kranick at that point, or even Lucchesi.
Leftie bullpen insurance in case Peterson falters? Thankfully Peterson has been so incredible we haven't needed him.
If Peterson falters in-game that badly then you're probably not going to bring in your last reliever, and if you are it's likely in a mop up role (which he's not capable of). He hasn't pitched in over 2 weeks.
he could make sense for same reason vs LAD with ohtani/freeman/muncy.
vs SD i dont see much point. you'd rather have a lefty for Merill but that's pretty much it.
neither otto / young have been needed much so with more rest i could see an argument for keeping acuna and dropping 1 of them.
they should have pinch run for JDM yesterday when he was the tying run, i think the only reason they didnt was bc it was 6th inning and they didnt want to lose his bat, but if you have mcneil and an extra bat you are able to do that. would have at least still had iglesias or mcneil on the bench.
i think id rather have the extra pinch runner than an extra pitcher who is only pitching in a blowout anyway.
flying squirrel to the rescue!
Agreed. I think we beat them. The Pads have got me nervous.
If this is a joke, I apologize but Devin Williams has allowed *1* career opposite field HR (the homer to Alonso)
Brandon Tierney
@BrandonTierney
Tried to reason with all the lunatics imploring Lindor to abandon hitting from the left side.
Happy sensibility eventually won out. Thank me later.
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not a good playoff performer. Vulnerable to opposite field power.
If this is a joke, I apologize but Devin Williams has allowed *1* career opposite field HR (the homer to Alonso)
Cmon Dan, of course it's a joke.
They should definitely trade Williams. You think they'd get more in the offseason or at the deadline? You'd expect more in the offseason (acquiring team gets him for full season) but RP market at the deadline can heat up, especially for an elite arm, and they'd even get to use him for MIL's first 80+ games which would help them get back to the playoffs.
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not a good playoff performer. Vulnerable to opposite field power.
If this is a joke, I apologize but Devin Williams has allowed *1* career opposite field HR (the homer to Alonso)
Cmon Dan, of course it's a joke.
Blame some of the stuff I see on twitter lol
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probably should trade Williams. They know how to build a bullpen (again, I think Means could be a very good closer, Ashby looked good out of the pen etc) and 1 year 10.5 million, Williams will have plenty of interest. "Most" teams can afford him. I could see both the Phillies and Braves interested. Though, I fully expect the Braves to make their usual lopsided trade with the A's... Mason Miller.
They should definitely trade Williams. You think they'd get more in the offseason or at the deadline? You'd expect more in the offseason (acquiring team gets him for full season) but RP market at the deadline can heat up, especially for an elite arm, and they'd even get to use him for MIL's first 80+ games which would help them get back to the playoffs.
Full-season AND the ability to offer him a QO. Arnold was also there when they traded Hader in season and it crushed morale (even Stearns touched on this). I expect Williams to be traded and for a nice return.
@AnthonyDiComo
Broadcast times are out for the first three games of the NLCS.
G1 @ LA/SD: 8:15 p.m. ET Sun.
G2 @ LA/SD: 4:08 p.m. ET Mon.
G3 @ NYM: 8:08 p.m. ET Wed.
Games 4-7 remain TBD.
@NYPost_Mets
Steve Cohen on Lindor: “That 341 (million) is looking pretty freakin good right now.”
@AnthonyDiComo
Broadcast times are out for the first three games of the NLCS.
G1 @ LA/SD: 8:15 p.m. ET Sun.
G2 @ LA/SD: 4:08 p.m. ET Mon.
G3 @ NYM: 8:08 p.m. ET Wed.
Games 4-7 remain TBD.
Why not swap the times for game 1 and 2?
I get the national audience/west coast being still at work, but I hate the 8+pm starts
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Anthony DiComo
@AnthonyDiComo
Broadcast times are out for the first three games of the NLCS.
G1 @ LA/SD: 8:15 p.m. ET Sun.
G2 @ LA/SD: 4:08 p.m. ET Mon.
G3 @ NYM: 8:08 p.m. ET Wed.
Games 4-7 remain TBD.
Why not swap the times for game 1 and 2?
I get the national audience/west coast being still at work, but I hate the 8+pm starts
Sunday probably has time restrictions due to NFL
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Anthony DiComo
@AnthonyDiComo
Broadcast times are out for the first three games of the NLCS.
G1 @ LA/SD: 8:15 p.m. ET Sun.
G2 @ LA/SD: 4:08 p.m. ET Mon.
G3 @ NYM: 8:08 p.m. ET Wed.
Games 4-7 remain TBD.
Why not swap the times for game 1 and 2?
I get the national audience/west coast being still at work, but I hate the 8+pm starts
Sunday probably has time restrictions due to NFL
Champaign problems, I know, but I'll be in Portugal for games 1/2 and Greece for the rest of the series....good time to have jet lag and be awake at crazy hours, I guess!
Lets just say when we planned this trip, I had no thought the Mets would be playing in mid-October...
@NYPost_Mets
Steve Cohen on Lindor: “That 341 (million) is looking pretty freakin good right now.”
I love this because I was listening to MLB network on Sirius this morning and Steve Philips was saying how many owners resent having to pay those big contracts. It's great to have an owner that's not in that category.
According to Forbes, Cohen's net worth has increased from about $14B to almost $20B since he bought the team. Whatever you think of him and his methods, the dude has the Midas touch.
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Mike Puma
@NYPost_Mets
Steve Cohen on Lindor: “That 341 (million) is looking pretty freakin good right now.”
I love this because I was listening to MLB network on Sirius this morning and Steve Philips was saying how many owners resent having to pay those big contracts. It's great to have an owner that's not in that category.
According to Forbes, Cohen's net worth has increased from about $14B to almost $20B since he bought the team. Whatever you think of him and his methods, the dude has the Midas touch.
It's because he actually gives a shit.
Lots of owners say they want to win, but only at their price. You look at the things he's done, even besides the contracts:
Citi Field finally has an identity. They are reaching out to the fans and making it a mets home field, not just a billboard for corporate sponsors.
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Mike Puma
@NYPost_Mets
Steve Cohen on Lindor: “That 341 (million) is looking pretty freakin good right now.”
I love this because I was listening to MLB network on Sirius this morning and Steve Philips was saying how many owners resent having to pay those big contracts. It's great to have an owner that's not in that category.
According to Forbes, Cohen's net worth has increased from about $14B to almost $20B since he bought the team. Whatever you think of him and his methods, the dude has the Midas touch.
It's because he actually gives a shit.
Lots of owners say they want to win, but only at their price. You look at the things he's done, even besides the contracts:
Citi Field finally has an identity. They are reaching out to the fans and making it a mets home field, not just a billboard for corporate sponsors.
Agreed and adding a couple of thoughts. I was actually getting a little nervous early this season that Cohen may get frustrated and take his profit and sell this team. This run has allayed those fears, which were completely my own 50 years as a Met fan paranoia. He seems to be enjoying this as much as we are.
Second thought is that while every MLB owner is very, very rich, many have much of their net worth tied up in the ballclub. Similar to the Duttons of Yellowstone - land rich and cash poor. They then rely on the ballclub profits to fund their lifestyle. Cohen doesn't have that problem at all obviously. Much to the Mets and our benefit as fans.
None of us knows how the mind of someone like Cohen works, but I have to believe core bedrock life principles like "happy wife happy life" still apply. So as long as that marriage lasts I'd be surprised to see him consider any Mets transaction.
I also loathe HP umpires that have “their own” strikezone. It should be uniform. And with the technology we have today, I’m floored that we don’t have a reliable electronic strikezone.
None of us knows how the mind of someone like Cohen works, but I have to believe core bedrock life principles like "happy wife happy life" still apply. So as long as that marriage lasts I'd be surprised to see him consider any Mets transaction.
Good call pj, you fil in a lot of blanks there 😉
I also loathe HP umpires that have “their own” strikezone. It should be uniform. And with the technology we have today, I’m floored that we don’t have a reliable electronic strikezone.
You can do it horizontally (although the current technology has an MOE of 1"). The real problem is vertically because hitters do not have the same exact stance from pitch to pitch. You can program in the averages of the last X number of pitches faced to get an estimate of the top and bottom of the zone, but there is no guarantee that on any given pitch that that will be the exact boundaries of the strike zone.
-Martino-Can now upgrade reporting on Senga to likely for Game 1. They just need to make sure to check in with all pitchers and se that everyone is on track before making official decision tomorrow. Not final
-Martino-Can now upgrade reporting on Senga to likely for Game 1. They just need to make sure to check in with all pitchers and se that everyone is on track before making official decision tomorrow. Not final
Surprised they are doing Senga Game 1 rather than Severino
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are considering McNeil replacing Ottavino or Young (more likely Young)
-Martino-Can now upgrade reporting on Senga to likely for Game 1. They just need to make sure to check in with all pitchers and se that everyone is on track before making official decision tomorrow. Not final
Surprised they are doing Senga Game 1 rather than Severino
It surprises me too because you would think Peterson would follow Senga in any game that Senga starts, and Peterson would be pitching on three days' rest if he goes in Game 1. If it were me, I'd start Manaea in Game 1 and go Senga in Game 2 to give Peterson the extra day of rest so he can pitch into the later innings if necessary.
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are considering McNeil replacing Ottavino or Young (more likely Young)
-Martino-Can now upgrade reporting on Senga to likely for Game 1. They just need to make sure to check in with all pitchers and se that everyone is on track before making official decision tomorrow. Not final
Surprised they are doing Senga Game 1 rather than Severino
It surprises me too because you would think Peterson would follow Senga in any game that Senga starts, and Peterson would be pitching on three days' rest if he goes in Game 1. If it were me, I'd start Manaea in Game 1 and go Senga in Game 2 to give Peterson the extra day of rest so he can pitch into the later innings if necessary.
Game 1 would be one day shorter rest than usual not 2. Game 2 would put Peterson on regular rest.
AWAY Game 2 - Quintana
..............OFF DAY........
HOME Game 3 - Manaea
HOME Game 4 - Senga and Peterson
HOME Game 5 - Severino
..............OFF DAY........
AWAY Game 6 - Quintana
AWAY Game 7 - Manaea
*Might adjust depending upon the opponent
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are considering McNeil replacing Ottavino or Young (more likely Young)
-Martino-Can now upgrade reporting on Senga to likely for Game 1. They just need to make sure to check in with all pitchers and se that everyone is on track before making official decision tomorrow. Not final
Surprised they are doing Senga Game 1 rather than Severino
think the primary motivations were preferences for games 5(senga)/6(severino)/7(manaea) and getting Peterson back available in the pen asap. by game 3 DP will be on 3 days rest, game 4 he'll be on 4 days rest. they will have megill as an alternative piggy back option off senga for game 5, and with being able to pitch more they wont need as much length from a piggy-backer, so by at least game 3 the BP is stronger by having DP likely available.
fringe benefit is more games for senga stretches him out quicker if the series doesnt go full distance. probably 40-60 pitches game 1, 70-80 in game 5. closer to normal if they advance.