The New York Mets, backed by Major League Baseball's highest 2024 payroll at $317 million, are in the National League Championship Series and fighting the Los Angeles Dodgers for a spot in the World Series.
The MLB Postseason pressure cooker is starting to cause some shakiness in even the most consummate professionals. Infield flies become error-scored singles.
Mark Vientos' breakout campaign was critical to the New York Mets' resurgence this season, and his bat hasn't cooled off in the slightest this October.
The Los Angeles Dodgers opted for another bullpen game on Monday, but it didn’t yield positive results as suffered a 7-3 loss to the New York Mets that evened the National League Championship Series.
The former Mets captain and club icon watched the action unfold at Dodger Stadium and offered some high praise for Vientos following the win.
After getting blown out in Game 1 of the NLCS, the New York Mets bounced back to take Game 2 from the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 7-3 on Monday. Young rising star third baseman Mark Vientos was a big reason why as he smashed a grand slam in the top of the second inning off Dodgers right-hander Landon Knack.
Don’t write off the New York Mets just yet.
The New York Mets got off to a hot start against the Los Angeles Dodgers’ band of relievers during Game 2 of the NLCS between the teams at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on Monday.
Of all the Mets and Phillies players in the NLDS, the 24-year-old Vientos posted the best batting average (.563) followed by Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos at .412. Vientos also recorded five RBI and a series-best nine hits.
With the rise of third baseman Mark Vientos in 2024, the New York Mets may have the flexibility to trade one of their former top prospects in the offseason.
As the Boston Red Sox are watching the postseason from their couches, they also have to imagine what could have been. The best player for the New York Mets this October hasn't been Francisco Lindor, or Pete Alonso, or even Edwin Díaz.
Mark Vientos nearly powered the New York Mets to a third-straight dramatic comeback victory in Sunday’s roller coaster Game 2 at Citizens Bank Park, but the Philadelphia Phillies held on to even the series.
David Peterson tossed seven innings of one-hit ball and earned the win Sunday afternoon for the visiting New York Mets, who ensured themselves an opportunity to play for a postseason berth Monday by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0.
In what has been an incredible season for so many New York Mets players, perhaps no performance has been as impressive as the breakout of Mark Vientos.
The Mets have toyed around with many options at third base over the last couple of seasons. From 2004 through 2015, the Mets went into every season knowing who their third baseman was.
The Mets are the hottest team in baseball, and they won their eighth game in a row on Friday night in dramatic fashion.
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