Mets Face Rockies in Crucial MLB Wild Card Clash on Thursday
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00:03Rubber match at cores between the New York Mets and the
00:06Colorado Rockies. The Rocks the worst record in Major League
00:09Baseball, New York a half game out of the third and final
00:12nationally wild card spot only behind their divisional foe.
00:16The Braves. These are the ones you must win total of ten and
00:20a half. The Mets a minus 154 road favorite in Colorado. Will
00:25they get the job done? I think they probably will because they
00:28are the better team. But also now you're taking a look at the
00:30standings here, Ben, and it really means something. You
00:32actually have a chance by the end of this day to cross over
00:35the Atlanta Braves something just a few short weeks ago. You
00:38never thought was going to be the case with the Grimace Mets
00:40here, but playing better baseball and now moving up the
00:43standings as a possibility. Here's the issue. Also, you
00:45take a look at Austin Gomber. He's six out of 19 pitchers on
00:48the card today with an X-Fit minus number. The reason why
00:51it's very important to use that X-Fit minus is it does take the
00:53league into account and also the ballparks that you pitch in
00:56Austin Gomber an unfair disadvantage for him as he
00:59pitches most of his games at home in Colorado in Elevation
01:02because his 101 is good for six but his ERA is the highest on
01:06the card at 6.39. But the reason is is you know, hey five
01:10innings pitch fiver and runs in Colorado is the norm at this
01:13point as opposed to him pitching all his performances at Petco
01:16Park. But if we set settle on and take a look at what Gomber
01:18doesn't do well, he's a left-handed pitcher. Where does
01:21he struggle? Of course, it's against right-handed batters
01:23last 30 days at 371 ISO and a weighted on base percentage of
01:27413. That's 273 batters. So you immediately want to line up
01:30those right-handed batters in the lineup, which Lindor is a
01:33switch hitter. Hold back from the right side today. Pete
01:35Alonzo doesn't have great power numbers against left-handed
01:38pitching over the past month, but still you're in cores that
01:40should help and also maybe the best pattern a lot to be honest
01:43is the end to this year 19 at bats against left-handed
01:45pitching over the past month. That's a 368 ISO and a weighted
01:48on base percentage of 518. I do think the Mets win this game,
01:51but I would be confident that Lindor and Vientos probably a
01:54really good look today at some RBI action, even though we do
01:57have temperatures around 75 degrees, which is fine. Maybe
02:00some rain in the forecast and a wind that's blowing in not out
02:03at cores.