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Without the team playing in games, the closest we get to Mets content is Zac Thornton and Nate Lavender opening up football cards.
If you’re really jonesing for only the happy parts of the Mets regular season, the Mets uploaded every single home run that Juan Soto hit during the year on their YouTube in one handy video.
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Chris Sale didn’t get the ball as he wished he would, but the legend of Ray Kerr grew once again as he technically outpitched Blake Snell and combined with almost-cycling Michael Harris
II to tie the NLDS at a game apiece against the dastardly Dodgers.
James Wood was excellent for the Nationals when you look at the entirety of his 2026 season, but for a second consecutive year, a late power-outage pulled his numbers down a bit when it was all wrapped up.
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Facing Mason Miller and his 104 mile per hour fastballs, the 22-year-old Jackson Chourio added to his impressive postseason resume, sending a single up the middle and driving in the tying and winning runs to give the Brewers a 2-0 lead against the Padres in the other NLDS.
Kyle Tucker is learning first-hand thata good postseason can erase any regular season, no matter how calamitous.
On the other hand, Austin Wells is learning that even when running the fastest you have in your life, it’s very easy to become the designated goat of the postseason.
Starting tonight for the Yankees, Cam Schlittler has found another level of nasty this October with a new reliance on a curveball.
On the other side of the diamond, the Rays will turn to Old Friend Freddy Peralta to face off against the Yankees’ ace.
A funky stadium helps, but the truest outfield advantage that the Tampa Bay Rays is in the form of their best-in-class outfield defense gobbling up every would-be extra base hit.
You might find yourself missing the Randy Johnson-style playoff ace, but what if I were to tell you that there are still aces out there and they’re ending the game.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 2024, the Mets scored five times in the top of the eighth inning to snatch the first game of the NLDS away from the Phillies.
