An hour after their 101-win season ended in the first round of the playoffs, the Mets didn't shed any tears—at least, not in front of reporters They were almost good enough to advance, but not quite. And they knew it, writes stephapstein
and now the Mets. “This wasn’t the most devastated team I’ve been on, because it’s kind of early in the process. We didn’t get that close to tasting the finish line.”
But in other ways, they had begun mourning this team a week earlier. Needing to win just one game against Atlanta to all but lock up the NL East and receive a bye into the National League Division Series, the Mets were instead swept. DeGrom allowed three runs in six innings, Game 1 starter Max Scherzer four in 5 ⅔ and Bassitt four in 2 ⅔. New York scored seven runs total.
Mets reliever Adam Ottavino is one of several key pieces who could leave in free agency this offseason.They won their last three games, but they looked listless once the wild card series began. San Diego chased Scherzer in Game 1 with seven runs in 4 ⅔ innings, his worst playoff performance in nearly a decade. DeGrom managed six innings in Game 2 despite losing faith in his four-seamer, and the lineup strung together enough hits to force Game 3.
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