Can Mets ride momentum against scuffling Yankees? Here are 5 players who could tilt the Subway Series
Can Juan Soto and the Mets continue to dig themselves out of a nightmare start? Or will players like Cam Schlittler and Ben Rice help the Yanks break out of a mini-slump?
A week ago, the first Subway Series of the year was shaping up to be a snoozefest. Or at least, a potential knockout blow. The New York Yankees, owners of the American League’s best record, were flying high after yet another series win.
Aaron Judge was on one of his heaters. Ben Rice looked like an MVP candidate . A rotation of difference makers delivered quality start after quality start.
Even the bottom of the lineup appeared to be heating up from a slow start. Ask someone on the Yanks about their ballclub and their eyes would get wide, a knowing smile would creep across their face. The New York Mets, meanwhile, were not in a happy place.
Entering play May 8, the Mets were 14-23, tied for dead last in all of baseball. Their lineup was a woeful excuse for itself, an ugly hodgepodge of underperforming youngsters and over-the-hill veterans. Obviously, it didn’t help that multiple injury-prone pieces New York built its lineup around were, well, injured.
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