{"id":33457,"date":"2020-07-24T05:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T02:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mets-playoff-dreams-get-a-boost-courtesy-of-mlb\/"},"modified":"2020-07-24T05:34:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T02:34:00","slug":"mets-playoff-dreams-get-a-boost-courtesy-of-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mets-playoff-dreams-get-a-boost-courtesy-of-mlb\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mets playoff dreams get a boost, courtesy of MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mets playoff dreams get a boost, courtesy of MLB<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n In a normal summer, Pete Alonso would have solidified his place as a genuine baseball prince of the city. He is not yet an athlete imprisoned by the boundaries of gated communities, still enjoys the fringe benefits of being a 50-homer man in New York, still enjoys the give-and-take with his fellow citizens.<\/p>\n

In this summer, Alonso walks his dog, Brodie \u2014 the Frenchy\u2019s name predates the Mets GM\u2019s tenure with the club \u2014 and while he does so wearing a mask, he is still recognizable from the nose up to most fans, has still been able to gauge that Mets fans are ready for baseball, however this 60-game<\/a> variety of it will look. Even a burgeoning star like Pete Alonso cannot fully hide behind an N-95, after all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t met a Mets fan yet who isn\u2019t excited about the season starting,\u201d Alonso said Thursday, on the eve of the Mets\u2019 long-awaited lid-lifter with the Braves at Citi Field. And he believes his teammates are channeling the same eagerness.<\/p>\n

\u201cFalling short of the postseason as we did last year leaves a sour taste,\u201d the Mets first baseman said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to leave anything in question.\u201d<\/p>\n

Put another way?<\/p>\n

\u201cPlay with your hair on fire,\u201d Alonso said. \u201cPlay inspired.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mets may well have received a victory 24 hours before ever taking the field for this 2020 season. With baseball agreeing to expand its playoff format from 10 to 16 teams for this season, suddenly the 60-game sprint doesn\u2019t have quite the same feel of a football season, where every game feels like three.<\/p>\n

Every team benefits from that rule, yes, but it is a general<\/a> assumption that the NL East is the most loaded of baseball\u2019s six divisions with four teams \u2014 Mets, Phillies, defending division champion Atlanta and defending world champ Washington \u2014 all looking closely bunched together talent-wise, at least on paper.<\/p>\n

In theory, all four could now make an eight-team NL playoff, although if they spend the summer knocking each other silly the sheer arithmetic won\u2019t let that happ<\/a>en; still, where before it seemed that one bad week could doom the rest of the season, there is, presumably, a little more breathing room for everyone.<\/p>\n

And for a team like the Mets, which has made no secret of its ambitions for 2020, every little bit helps. After a summer camp 2.0 that went mostly drama-free, they did suffer some bad news<\/a> at the last minute when Marcus Stroman\u2019s calf muscle wound up torn, and what seemed like arguably the division\u2019s best rotation even after Noah Syndergaard went down in March suddenly feels a lot thinner.<\/p>\n

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Pete Alonso<\/span>N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But the one-year (for now) addition of a DH would seem to benefit the Mets, especially if Yoenis Cespedes can regain anything close to his old swing. There ought to be enough offense, which is a departure from many of the lineups of recent vintage. And if Edwin Diaz and Jeurys Familia can have the bounce-back years the Mets are so desperately banking on, this is a team that does have October pedigree.<\/p>\n

And it has October confidence. Alonso is chief at the head of that parade.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have what it takes,\u201d he said. \u201cNow we have to prove it on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while Brodie Van Wagenen shied away from a \u201cCome and get us!\u201d encore, he refused to douse the optimism that crackles on his roster.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going wire-to-wire,\u201d Van Wagenen said coyly before releasing the bait, \u201cand not quit.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he is not shy about his own hopes for this team, whose success or failure will almost certainly go a long way toward defining Van Wagenen\u2019s future here, since the team\u2019s new owner will be watching closely, whoever that mystery name may be.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love meaningful baseball games,\u201d he said. \u201cWe got a taste of that last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Can they get more than a taste this time around? They certainly will get a quick glimpse with their old tormenters from Atlanta in town for the first weekend. The Empire State Building will be lit up orange and blue. The fans \u2014 real ones, not cardboard \u2014 will be tuned in and curious.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in a New York state of mind,\u201d Van Wagenen said.<\/p>\n

Ah, but as the song goes on to warn: It comes down to reality. Starting today, we get that part of the tune, too.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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