Players To Watch
Daniel Murphy
Once again, Murphy will be one of the focal points of this series, not only because he’s making his Big Apple return, but thanks to his hot start. He’s picked up where he left off last fall.
Max Scherzer
Scherzer had one of the games of his life in his last with 20 Ks. How will he follow it up against a Mets team that does have a tendency to strike out a lot? As good as Scherzer is, it will be awfully tough to be close to duplicating what he last did and with the Mets slumping, they will be desperate to break out.
Noah Syndergaard
Who else? The man nicknamed Thor showed another side to his vast potential in his last start by homering twice. I won’t expect him to duplicate that, of course, but his dynamic pitching will always be something to watch.
Yoenis Cespedes
Ces has been the only consistent Mets hitter recently and him coming up huge in this series will be big for the Mets too. Cespedes should also be amped up after nearly signing with the Nats this offseason before re-signing with the Mets for less money. Cespedes came up huge in last season’s Mets sweep of the Nats in D.C. last September that helped the Mets run away with the division.
