Major League Baseball: 2024 Season

[Fezzik]

Not discounting the miracles, they're probably the hottest team at the moment, but I'd rather have us face the likes of Lindor & Alonso rather than Ohtani/Betts/Freeman/Muncy/Glasnow/etc. Plus basically playing at home vs a long crosscountry trip. The Padres would probably be the best matchup but other than the Soto angle it's just a bit boring.

Still have to get past whoever wins the Central showdown. Happy that they've gone to game 5 and so the Tigers have to use up Skubal. Would rule him out for the first 2 games of the ALCS. Any lefty causes trouble for the Yankee lineup this year, let alone the Cy Young favourite.

 

[Blitz24]

Not discounting the miracles, they're probably the hottest team at the moment, but I'd rather have us face the likes of Lindor & Alonso rather than Ohtani/Betts/Freeman/Muncy/Glasnow/etc. Plus basically playing at home vs a long crosscountry trip. The Padres would probably be the best matchup but other than the Soto angle it's just a bit boring.

Still have to get past whoever wins the Central showdown. Happy that they've gone to game 5 and so the Tigers have to use up Skubal. Would rule him out for the first 2 games of the ALCS. Any lefty causes trouble for the Yankee lineup this year, let alone the Cy Young favourite.

Glasnow is done for the year. Same as Kershaw. Dodgers pitching has been ravaged by injuries and aside from Flaherty and Yamamoto, don't have any other reliable options. Their hitting? Ohtani, Betts, Freeman, Smith and Hernandez are the big threats and I'd be more worried about their RP but the risk you run with having dominant relievers come in too much is that they burn out quicker. They are a dangerous team but they are not unbeatable. San Diego is more well rounded with slightly less hitting and better pitching. The Mets have a consistent, but not otherworldly, rotation, decent hitting and a shaky bullpen.

From the Yankees perspective, the one thing the Mets have is a very strong track record against Gerrit Cole. Cole has a 6.99 ERA against the Mets in 9 starts (2 of them this year) and that's not really going to instill confidence if your ace has struggled a lot against your opponent.

 

[Fezzik]

Admittedly doesn’t improve the stats much if at all but half of those starts were in his Pirates days, and he’s a completely different style of pitcher now. He’s homer prone, just have to hope it’s a good cold evening with the wind blowing in. I’m actually more worried about the rest of the pitching, Rodon in particular (who’s been good vs the Mets in a small sample).

In the end there’s no ideal matchup but a Subway Series would be really good entertainment, whoever wins.

 

[JohnBM01]

New York Mets, meet your 2024 NLCS opponents-

the Los Angles Dodgers!

LAD took the LAD/SD series 3-2 with a 2-0 tonight in Rancho Cucamonga. Methinks we got two glamour cities to determine the NL half of the 2024 World Series, yes? Its New York City against Los Angeles.

Congratulations to the Dodgers, and great season to the San Diego Padres.

 

[JohnBM01]

The Cleveland Guardians advance to the ALCS, and Joey D's Detroit Tigers are DONE. Cleveland won 7-3 in the pivotal Game 5 of this ALDS series. Now the boys from Cleveland will meet some boys in blue and white that wear pinstripes. That's right- Yankees vs. Guardians 2024 ALCS.

All congratulations to the Detroit Tigers on a fine 2024 season.

 

[Joey D]

Man the Tigers almost had it. Now imagine if Illitch opens his checkbox and they bring in some free agents. If this team can make it this far on AAA talent, imagine what they can do with some MLB level talent.

 

[Fezzik]

33 straight scoreless innings by the Dodgers now. They easily handled the Mets in game 1 of the NLCS. New York really needs to step up tonight against the Dodgers bullpen.

 

[Blitz24]

33 straight scoreless innings by the Dodgers now. They easily handled the Mets in game 1 of the NLCS. New York really needs to step up tonight against the Dodgers bullpen.

The biggest issue the Mets have had all year is giving up free passes. This is one thing you cannot do against teams like the Dodgers. Senga was both ineffective and he might be hurt. They need Manaea to give them 6 to 7 innings and the offense needs to wake up, or there will be a 1988-style repeat of the NLCS.