Your Sunday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
At 8:00 eastern tonight, Sean Manaea takes the mound for the Mets against the bullpen gaming Dodgers in game six of the National League Championship Series.
There’s a lot to talk about in the now, but when it comes to Pete Alonso, it’s hard not to constantly think of what’s next.
The Mets coming back to win the NLCS from the Dodgers isn’t impossible, it’s just a bit improbable.
For Francisco Lindor and Jesse Winker, this playoff run is a saga 15 years in the making.
The saga will go on for at least one more day as Carlos Mendoza revealed that Jesse Winker is most likely going to start at DH tonight.
Kodai Senga is available under any and all circumstances according to Carlos Mendoza.
As the Mets have clawed and scratched their way to game six, Mr. Smile has slowly fallen into the background and Captain Francisco Lindor has risen from the ashes.
Facing elimination in the Championship Series is a pretty useful time for Starling Marte to start hitting like it’s 2022 again.
Around the National League East
Getting smacked around by the Mets and having everyone grow a year older leaves the Phillies wondering what the next part of the plan is.
If Taylor Ward leaves Anaheim this offseason, don’t be shocked if the Braves are the ones trading for him.
Around Major League Baseball
It’s a nice time to look at some past teams who have overcome 3-1 series deficits for, uh, no reason in particular.
For the first time since 2009, the New York Yankees are the American League Champions.
With four homers on his line, including one in the deciding fifth game, Giancarlo Stanton was named ALCS MVP.
Not to completely be outdone, Juan Soto launched a homer of his own to enter the annals of baseball history and put the Yankees ahead.
Are the Yankees succeeding because of the old turtlenecks they dug out of storage? Yeah, maybe.
Dave Roberts wants it to be explicitly known that Shohei Ohtani will not be pitching in game six nor will he pitch in game seven.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 2015, Daniel Murphy homered for the fifth game in a row as the Mets got out to a 3-0 NLCS lead over the Cubs.