I hate having to play the team that hasn’t been in the playoffs for a while, especially a feel good story like the Mets. My vote would be to play the Dbacks.
They don’t seem to have any glaring weaknesses on offense, defense or pitching. I would much prefer their offense over ours, and probably their pitching staff as well. I think they are going to be an extremely tough out in the postseason.
The Padres sure look like they may have the team to beat in the playoffs. Wouldn’t it be something if they passed the Dodgers and made them a wild card team?
I don’t agree with that at all. Guys like Paredes and Milner are highly unlikely to make the playoff roster anyway. We’re not going to win a World Series by playing things conventionally.. Why not take the last week of meaningless baseball to see if we can catch lighting in a bottle?
This game may have been the formal Garrett Mitchell coming out party, despite getting picked off of 3rd. The thought of having Chourio and Mitchell together in the same outfield the next several years is very exciting.