The Mets have juggled their rotation to have Jacob deGrom start the series opener on Friday. who knows?įriday, September 30, 7:20 p.m. The Mets’ relief corps is basically the impossibly-good arm of Edwin Diaz and a very solid Adam Ottavino, and then. Since September 1, Atlanta’s relievers have a 1.57 ERA and a 2.84 FIP which leads the National League by a wide gap. The Mets have Edwin Diaz, but it is the overall bullpen where the Braves have an advantage in the series. New York has lined up its best as well in Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer and Chris Bassitt. Rookie sensation Spencer Strider would have figured into the mix before a sore oblique sent him to the Injured List. Jeff McNeil and Brandon Nimmo have produced a ton of value this season and a super-annoying to play against.Ītlanta will roll out Max Fried, Kyle Wright and Charlie Morton to start the series.
Francisco Lindor is having an MVP-type year by combining great defense with great hitting. Pete Alonso has topped 40 home runs for the season and leads the majors with 131 RBI. 330/.379/.638 with eight home runs and has driven in 24 runs. After an up-and-down start, Eduardo Escobar has been red hot in September, hitting. The Mets’ lineup doesn’t have the same thunder that Atlanta has, but has produced consistently throughout the season. He needs one more home run to become the first Braves rookie in franchise history with a 20-20 season. However, “consistent” is kind of a weird adjective, because his wOBA and xwOBA are all over the place period to period, though we enjoy the chaos he bestows on opposing teams’ pitching and defenses. While he has turned in a Gold Glove-caliber performance in center field, he has also been the team’s most consistent performer offensively in September. Michael Harris II moved up to the third spot in the Braves’ order Wednesday and has been a catalyst for the team down the stretch. They have won seven of 10 and avoided a two-game sweep to the Marlins with a walk-off 5-4 win in 10 innings Wednesday. The Mets are 15-10 in September and have a 47-31 record on the road. They have won six of 10 overall and had a four-game winning streak snapped Wednesday with a 3-2 loss to the Nationals in 10 innings. The Braves come into the series with a 17-8 record in September and are 52-26 at Truist Park this season. So, expect a playoff feel for this series as two of the three games will be televised nationally on FOX and ESPN. The division winner will receive a first-round bye and would avoid a potential second round matchup against the Dodgers.
New York has a 9-7 edge in the season series with Atlanta which means that the Braves need to sweep the three games to wrest away the tiebreaker advantage, given that MLB’s new postseason rules do not allow for a Game 163. The Braves are coming into the series one game back in the NL East standings and have little margin for error. The biggest series of the season will get underway for the Atlanta Braves Friday night when they square off with the New York Mets for the final time during the regular season.
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