Mets News: Francisco Lindor grand slam in Spanish, NLCS opponent preference, Brandon Nimmo

Good morning New York Mets fans. Hopefully you didn’t crack open the good bottle after the NLDS victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. You were tempted to pour yourself a glass when they took down the Milwaukee Brewers but knew better. Save the top shelf stuff for a little deeper into the postseason.

This doesn’t mean you should hold off on celebrating. The Francisco Lindor grand slam (unlike Robin Ventura, he made it around the bases!) will forever be remembered as one of those big Mets moments. Wherever you may have heard it first, you need to hear it in Spanish, too.

It’s a good thing the Mets have a few days off. It’ll give the crew a chance to find their voices again.

Who would you rather see the Mets play in the NLCS?

The Los Angeles Dodgers did something incredible on Wednesday night by beating the San Diego Padres 8-0 in an elimination game while, get this, using Johnny Wholestaff to get it done. A bullpen game by the Dodgers was enough to fool the Padres hitters all night. It didn’t help that starter Dylan Cease was lacking.

The Dodgers are far more tested than the Padres in this situation and have the superior lineup. Where they suffer most is in the rotation when clearly they don’t have the warm bodies to put together a competent and complete round through the pitching staff. Does it matter if you can call upon 8 different pitchers, none going more than 1.2 innings, and get the job done? 

Both teams offer the Mets some revenge spots with the Dodgers being this club’s most frequent postseason opponent and the Padres being the most recent to eliminate them back in 2022. The ultimate deciding factor will be who the Mets are more prone to beat. As scary hot as the Padres became, the Mets handled them well and even split late in the year in their ballpark. Give me them. The Dodgers can beat you with their lineup and a thousand papercuts by the bullpen.

Brandon Nimmo might have been the happiest of all to win last night

No one showed more emotion than Brandon Nimmo last night. 

In what has been an emotional couple of days for him with his grandmother recently passing away, the ability to grief properly was never available. Those tears we saw from him were definitely a mix of happiness and sorrow for those who didn’t get to enjoy the moment.

The happiest man in baseball was overcome with emotions. He talked extensively with Steve Gelbs after about what it means to advance and to do it at home.