Story updated to reflect Thursday Mets and Yankee wins
It's Subway Series time again!
The New York Mets and the New York Yankees begin the first of two series this year on Friday when the Mets make the short travel to Yankee Stadium. The Yankees return home after playing a four game series at Detroit.
A lot of people are talking New York Mets, and for good reason. After three straight sweeps, the Mets enter the Subway Series with the best record in baseball, helped by an ongoing 11 game win streak.
The win streak is remarkable considering the growing list of injuries that the Mets have faced. This includes their capitain, David Wright, Travis d'Arnaud, Jerry Blevins, all who have been injured recently. Add a suspended reliever in Jenrry Mejia, Zack Wheeler, who was scratched from the lineup prior to opening day as he needs Tommy John surgery, and closer Bobby Parnell, who is set to make his return next month to the list, and you get a Mets team that should otherwise be among the basement dwellers in the NL East.
The success of the Mets through 16 games is the effort of the whole team. Lucas Duda is hitting the ball well, leading the team with 19 hits. Juan Lagares has 16 hits, second best on the team, but has made his value more on the field, showing why he was a Gold Glove recipient for his work in center field. He showcased this on the Wednesday night game against Atlanta when he robbed what would of been an extra base hit in the seventh inning.
The Mets are known for their pitching, and the Yankees will have to face their top two hurlers during the series. Jacob deGrom was the National League Rookie of the Year, and has followed up that effort by keeping teams scoreless through 18.2 innings since allowing a first inning two-run home run in the opening day game against the Washington Nationals. Matt Harvey will pitch the middle game of the series, and Jonathon Niese will be on the mound for the Sunday Night game.
Mets fans will be familiar with the Yankees top hitter. Chris Young was hitting only .205 with the New York Mets last year before he was released and picked up by the Yankees. He's off to a hot 2015, hitting .357 to lead the Yankees, and would love nothing more than to show Terry Collins and the New York Mets what they missed out on by releasing him. Brett Gardner is also off to a good start, and Mark Teixeira leads the Yankees with 13 runs batted in. Plus, Alex Rodriguez is back and wanting to make a statement to Yankee fans and the league.
The Yankees will send out Michael Pineda to start the series. He surrendered three runs in the last start, but got the help from Yankee bats to earn the win over Tampa Bay. On Saturday, C.C. Sabathia will oppose Matt Harvey. Sabathia is off to a rough start, losing all three starts he has made to start the 2015 season. His latest loss was one where the Yankee offense wasn't clicking, taking the loss despite only giving up two runs in eight innings pitched. Nathan Eovaldi will pitch the series finale on Sunday Night.
The Yankees started rough, but have picked things up by winning 6 of their last 7 entering the Thursday series finale at Detroit. They will be a formidable foe for the Mets.
Don't forget, as an affiliate of the New York Mets Radio Network, we have coverage of all three games this weekend live from Yankee Stadium. Coverage begins 40 minutes before the first pitch.
And just remember, this is only the first of two series between the two teams. They will meet again at Citi Field for a three game tilt in September. And how fantastic would that be if both teams are relevant on the quest for October.
New York Mets at New York Yankees
Fri 4/24 - First Pitch: 7:05PM. Pregame Coverage: 6:25PM
TV Coverage: WRGB CBS 6 (Mets); YES (Yankees)
Sat 4/25 - First Pitch: 4:05PM. Pregame Coverage: 3:25PM
TV Coverage: WCWN CW 15 (Yankees); SNY (Mets); FOX Sports 1 (National)
Sun 4/26 - First Pitch: 8:05PM. Pregame Coverage: 7:25PM
TV Coverage: ESPN (National Exclusivity)
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