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• #METS WILD CARD ROSTER SERIES#

If the Mets don’t include him on a postseason roster then it’s fair to question why they called him up in the first place.

#METS WILD CARD ROSTER SERIES#

The Mets called up 20-year-old top prospect Francisco Alvarez over the weekend for the series in Atlanta to DH against left-handed pitching and he caught his first game Wednesday, with Trevor Williams giving him high praise.Īlvarez recorded his first two first big league hits Tuesday against the Washington Nationals, including a monster home run, both against right-handers. James McCann was supposed to give the Mets a run-producing catcher but he struggled at the plate this season and missed time with a fractured hamate bone in his wrist and strained oblique. So let’s take a look at the group that could be active for a best-of-three wild card series against San Diego this weekend. There are still a few lingering questions about their playoff roster for the first round. It’s been a remarkable season, but the Mets aren’t done yet. McNeil won the batting title, Alonso tied with Yankees’ outfielder Aaron Judge for the league lead in RBI, and Scherzer, one of the best big-game pitchers in baseball, is starting Game 1 against the San Diego Padres on Friday night at Citi Field. They won 101 games, the second-most in franchise history.

Some are stars that Mets fans had always dreamed of but never thought would be possible with the way the previous regime ran things, like Max Scherzer and Francisco Lindor.

Some of them were homegrown, like Jeff McNeil and Pete Alonso. The Mets had a new manager in Buck Showalter this season, a new general manager in Billy Eppler, and a roster littered with stars. It is truly a new era in Queens with owner Steve Cohen and his revamped front office settling in after two seasons. While the club has much bigger aspirations than just a wild card round, what it’s taken to get back to this point should be noted. He said he learned some things that should help him in the big leagues after the unexpected call-up following his 4-for-5 performance in Saturday’s International League championship game.For the first time since 2016, the Mets are back in the postseason. 479 OPS in his first 49 games," Topkin wrote. "This is Brujan’s fourth stint with the Rays this season, having hit. Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (via Yahoo) broke down why it may be tough to include Brujan on the postseason squad. Tampa needs to make some tough roster choices in the coming days, including one on infielder Vidal Brujan. In the American League, the Tampa Bay Rays will likely face the Cleveland Guardians. In two starts against the Cardinals, Wheeler was 2-0 with no earned runs allowed in 14 innings." "Philadelphia also has a solid one-two punch it can throw at the Cardinals in Zack Wheeler (12-7) and Aaron Nola (10-13). MLB.com's John Denton broke down why the Phillies pitching could be an issue for St. Philadelphia clinched the last wild-card spot in the NL on Monday. And Soto has been one of the best postseason performers in the past decade." He was meant to push them into the World Series. The Athletic's James Fegan and Nick Groke wrote about Juan Soto's potential impact on a postseason run in their latest power rankings piece: " Juan Soto hasn’t exactly lit the world on fire since arriving in San Diego, but he wasn’t meant to win them the 2022 NL West division title. The Mets will likely face the Padres, who made the biggest splash at the trade deadline to succeed in the postseason.

New York still has two of the best starting pitchers in baseball in Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer, who could win the three-game series at home by themselves in two games. And if they go far, no one will care what happened over the last month-and especially during the lost weekend in Atlanta, which has been a house of horrors for New York since the 1990s," Abriano wrote. "Now, the only thing that matters is what the Mets do in the playoffs. SNY's Danny Abriano outlined that the Mets' postseason performance will be what fans remember of this team, and that could mean forgetting about the collapse in the division title race. The Mets could be understandably low at the moment, but they need to rally in their final three games against the Washington Nationals, two of which come in a Tuesday doubleheader, to get focused for the postseason.