Morning Briefing: Four Elimination Games On Deck
Good Morning, Mets fans! Wednesday was a great day for all baseball junkies as we were fortunate enough to witness four different playoff games.
Lucky for us, there will be four more on Thursday with the Yankees, Marlins, Padres, and Athletics all looking to avoid elimination.
Let’s take a look at the results and what else went on around the league yesterday!
Latest Mets News
Lee Amin of The Rising Apple blog believes the Mets should go after George Springer this offseason in free agency.
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of Benny Agbayani‘s walk off home run against the San Francisco Giants in the 2000 NLDS, tweet from The Mets official account.
Latest MLB News
Cincinnati Reds’ president Dick Williams stepped down from his role, per team announcement.
Houston Astros’ manager Dusty Baker said there is no structural damage in Zack Greinke‘s arm but would not say if he would be able to pitch again in the postseason, tweet from Chandler Rome of The Houston Chronicle.
The Oakland Athletics were able to avoid elimination by topping the Astros 9-7. Reliever Liam Hendriks had a brilliant performance recording a three-inning save, (tweet from Jon Heyman).
Pitcher Mike Clevinger (elbow discomfort) has been replaced by Dan Altavilla on the Padres’ playoff roster.
As Jeff Passan of ESPN noted, teams’ who out homer their opponents in the 2020 postseason are 18-0 this October.
Aaron Boone told the media that J.A. Happ was “on board” with the opener plan in game two, story from The New York Post.
The Yankees dropped their second straight game last night and went down 2-1 in the series as they fell to the Rays 8-4.
The Padres comeback came up one run short against the Dodgers, who now have the opportunity to sweep the series and advance to the NLCS tonight.
Latest NL East News
The Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins behind rookie pitcher Ian Anderson to take a 2-0 lead in the NLDS.
Latest On MMO
Rich Mancuso highlights Carlos Torres‘ comments about the minor league supreme court decision.
Ryan Finkelstein discusses how lost revenue from Covid could create a buyers’ market.
Finkelstein also issues his Mets report card for slugger Michael Conforto.
Let’s go Mets!
