Welcome to this best-of-seven National League Championship Series thread between the 6th seeded Mets (89-73) & the 1st seeded N.L. West Champion Dodgers (98-64).
All games for this series will be covered in this thread. The Dodgers had the best record in all of MLB during the regular season & beat the Mets during the regular season 4 times,
winning the regular season series 4 games to 2. The Mets will be looking for some payback against the Dodgers the same way they did against the Brewers & Phillies, who they also lost their regular season series against. Click
HERE to read a preview of this Playoff Series. Enjoy 😊!
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Mets @ Dodgers: Game 1 –⚾Senga (R) vs. Flaherty (R)⚾– 8:15 pm EDT
Starting Lineups for both clubs tonight.
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Probable Starting Pitcher Matchups for tonight & tomorrow in Chavez Ravine against the Dodgers.
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#LFGM!
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Notes:
-Tonight’s game will be televised on
FOX and tomorrow's game will be on both on
FOX &
FS1.
-The weather forecast for tonight's game at Dodger Stadium is excellent. Click
HERE to keep updated & see the Hourly AccuWeather Reports from there.
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HERE to see the Mets’ 26-man roster for the NLCS. There is one change overall: IF/OF Jeff McNeil for Reliever Adam Ottavino. This will be the 3rd time the Mets and Dodgers have met in the playoffs. They met before in 1988, 2006, and 2015 with the Mets winning in 2006 and 2015. Their most painful playoff series loss ever though was arguably to the Dodgers in 1988. Click
HERE to read about the playoff history between these two organizations.
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HERE to see the list of the Mets’ roster transactions so far in October.
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HERE to see the Mets' 26-man active playoff roster for this series.
-The Mets' 5-man bench for tonight’s game will consist of
Torrens (R), Martinez (R), Bader (R), Acuña (R), & McNeil (L). 
Mike Mayer
@mikemayer22
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They added McNeil to the roster, and Iglesias has struggled in the postseason. Lefties have hit Buehler better over the last couple of seasons, and have crushed him this season (.890 OPS).
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Metsmerized Online
@Metsmerized
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Jeff McNeil is not expected to be in the Mets’ starting lineup tonight, per @martinonyc.
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Mike Mayer
@mikemayer22
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I totally get Iglesias is a big reason why the Mets are in this spot, but McNeil helped the Mets big time too with a great second half before his injury.
Mike Mayer
@mikemayer22
Have to imagine McNeil isn't 100% given his usage or lack thereof.
for all his struggles offensively iglesias has been very good defensively, his bobble in LA aside. so he has the higher floor from that.
i think mcneil will get chances and if nothing else is a nice bat of last resort to have on the bench for righty relievers. if iglesias has another 0-for i could see him getting a start, but i understand giving iglesias some rope for his defense.
he took the field in the AFL, i think it's less physically able and more not wanting to throw him into the frying pan of important games with rust from 6 weeks off since they have alternatives.
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Mike Mayer
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They added McNeil to the roster, and Iglesias has struggled in the postseason. Lefties have hit Buehler better over the last couple of seasons, and have crushed him this season (.890 OPS).
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Metsmerized Online
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Jeff McNeil is not expected to be in the Mets’ starting lineup tonight, per @martinonyc.
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Mike Mayer
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I totally get Iglesias is a big reason why the Mets are in this spot, but McNeil helped the Mets big time too with a great second half before his injury.
Mike Mayer
@mikemayer22
Have to imagine McNeil isn't 100% given his usage or lack thereof.
Winker has to be in the lineup tonight. It would be crazy to sit him.
@francysromeroFR
Cuban RHP Yoandri Gonzalez (19) has a deal with the New York Mets, per sources.
It will be official in the coming days.
He left Cuba in 2022 and now gets a chance with a 93-94 MPH fastball and solid slider.
Trained by Yoelny Vera at Fenix Academy (Elizan Gamez).
with wind chill it's supposed to be in the mid/upper 40's at 1st pitch.
I don't think it helps anyone, no one (IMO) likes playing baseball in the cold, but hopefully it hurts the Dodgers more.
with wind chill it's supposed to be in the mid/upper 40's at 1st pitch.
I don't think it helps anyone, no one (IMO) likes playing baseball in the cold, but hopefully it hurts the Dodgers more.
I also wonder if cold weather could affect Yamamoto. Did he pitch in a lot of raucous, cold postseason environments before coming to MLB? I honestly have no idea.
Chilly conditions are nothing new for Ohtani. "
ty for linking. it still kind of boggles my mind a bit that people dont more plainly see the obvious with vientos, which is that he has a rare ability to hit the baseball very hard.
adding in better swing decisions is obviously more than a footnote and very deserving of analysis, it's a key, but the headline with vientos is and always has been the elite ev.
from 10/1 to today:
94.6 mph EV would tie for 4th best in MLB on the full season with Stanton, 1 place ahead of soto, 2 places behind ohtani (95.8)/judge (96.2).
the 50% hard hit rate would be 18th best, 1 spot ahead of yordan alvarez.
so yes, 100% some BABIP luck and the BA is way higher than the xba, but when you hit the ball as hard as he does in some ways you can make your own weather. the 1 or 2 infield singles he's gotten arent distorting much othe rthan the xba/ba.
@timbhealey
Mets lineup vs. Dodgers tonight, NLCS Game 3:
SS Francisco Lindor
3B Mark Vientos
LF Brandon Nimmo
1B Pete Alonso
RF Starling Marte
DH J.D. Martinez
2B Jose Iglesias
CF Tyrone Taylor
C Francisco Alvarez
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RHP Luis Severino
@timbhealey
Mets lineup vs. Dodgers tonight, NLCS Game 3:
SS Francisco Lindor
3B Mark Vientos
LF Brandon Nimmo
1B Pete Alonso
RF Starling Marte
DH J.D. Martinez
2B Jose Iglesias
CF Tyrone Taylor
C Francisco Alvarez
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RHP Luis Severino
Why are the Mets going so righty heavy tonight versus a pitcher who struggles so badly against LHP? Wasn't Winker acquired for this specific type of game? Why is McNeil even on the NLCS roster if not for this matchup? It's not like Iglesias has hit much at all during the playoffs. How many XBH does he have?
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Tim Healey
@timbhealey
Mets lineup vs. Dodgers tonight, NLCS Game 3:
SS Francisco Lindor
3B Mark Vientos
LF Brandon Nimmo
1B Pete Alonso
RF Starling Marte
DH J.D. Martinez
2B Jose Iglesias
CF Tyrone Taylor
C Francisco Alvarez
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RHP Luis Severino
Why are the Mets going so righty heavy tonight versus a pitcher who struggles so badly against LHP? Wasn't Winker acquired for this specific type of game? Why is McNeil even on the NLCS roster if not for this matchup? It's not like Iglesias has hit much at all during the playoffs. How many XBH does he have?
Iglesias has 0 extra base hits over 9 post-season games
.222/.263/.222-.485
Starting Lineups for both clubs tonight.
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Probable Starting Pitcher Matchups for tonight & tomorrow in Flushing against Dem Bums.
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#LFGM!
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Notes:
-Tonight’s game will be televised on FS1 and so will tomorrow's game.
-The weather forecast for tonight's game at Citi Field is decent, albeit a good 20 degrees cooler compared to L.A. Wind gusts will reach approximately 20 MPH, so keep an eye on that. Click HERE to keep updated & see the Hourly AccuWeather Reports from there.
-Including the postseason, the Mets are 16-3 following a loss since August 13th—3 of those wins have come this postseason. Buehler has a record of 1-1 against the Mets in his career. He got tagged for six runs on seven hits in five innings against the Padres in his first start of the postseason. Mark Vientos has been a monster at the plate so far this postseason. Click HERE to see his numbers. Darryl Strawberry will throw out the first pitch tonight to Doc Gooden. The Mets will be wearing their black unis tonight.
-Click HERE to see the list of the Mets’ roster transactions in October.
-Click HERE to see the Mets' 26-man active playoff roster for this series.
-The Mets' 5-man bench for tonight’s game will consist of Torrens (R), Acuña (R), Bader (R), Winker (L), & McNeil (L).
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I think Carlos Mendoza really, really believes in Martinez as a player because he really, really believes in his players, especially his established veterans. It is also a bizarre decision to play him today given the matchup and his stated explanations of why just don't add up
@AnthonyDiComo
Walker Buehler's "fairly neutral" platoon splits factored into Carlos Mendoza's decision to start J.D. Martinez over Jesse Winker at DH today, the manager said.
"And J.D. is a really good hitter. He's a big reason why we're where we're at now. We're going to need him."
@timbhealey
Carlos Mendoza said Kodai Senga is scheduled to pitch Game 5.
“At what capacity, we’ll see,” he said.
So that might be as a reliever.
basically true.
he's got a 5 era this year and his velocity was lowest of his career. it trended down each month of the season too, though it popped up a drop for the start against SD.
i think it's perhaps arguable that there's not a big enough advantage vs buehler, that you wouldnt rather have Winker on the bench to deploy later in the game in a big moment. for example vs treinan:
Splits are linked below. Lefties have 5 more hits in 10 more AB's than Righties against him this year (the extra 5 are all doubles or triples). On the other hand, lefties are striking out at a higher rate than righties against him.
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@mlbtraderumors
Jerry Reinsdorf Reportedly Discussing Sale Of White Sox
@mlbtraderumors
Jerry Reinsdorf Reportedly Discussing Sale Of White Sox
what is going on in the MLB? Feel like there's a trend starting here.
Mets vs. Dodgers: | 8:08 pm EDT start - October 16, 2024 – TV Broadcast: National feed – FOX & FS1: Davis & Smoltz (strfish.xyz)
Mets vs. Dodgers: | 8:08 pm EDT start - October 16, 2024 – TV Broadcast: National feed – FOX & FS1: Davis & Smoltz (dudestream.com)
MLB.com - Gameday: Pitch by Pitch – Mets vs. Dodgers – October 16, 2024 - 8:08 pm EDT start
Enjoy tonight's game 😊
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Jerry Reinsdorf Reportedly Discussing Sale Of White Sox
I'll offer $1.95
Bad defense all inning between Sevy and Alvarez. Yuck!
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Bad defense all inning between Sevy and Alvarez. Yuck!
Obviously can’t ever assume a DP but you can argue there were 3 errors in that inning
Not stoked about that.
Not stoked about that.
I mean...Sevy made the pitches after to get out of it.
Looking tough.