Jeremy Hefner doesn’t get ‘credit he deserves’ for transforming Mets’ pitching into sudden strength
NY Post
MILWAUKEE — Beginning Friday the Mets are facing the prospect of finishing the marathon season with a sprint of five games in four days, exhausting a rotation that might not have a starter available on regular rest for Game 1 of a wild-card series and expecting a bullpen that has stabilized to perform in the most important innings of the season.
It is a lot to ask from the group, but perhaps it is being asked at the right time.
The Mets pitching staff, according to FanGraphs, has been the most valuable in the majors in September.
Every starting pitcher has taken leaps from the beginning of the season.
The bullpen has evolved but finally settled into a strength.
The Mets have discovered an ace in Sean Manaea, who will start Friday — the only starter in the series against the Brewers the team has announced, with a possible doubleheader in Atlanta looming Monday.
The Red Sox traded one of their top prospects to the Pirates to help boost their rotation as part of a five-player trade Thursday night.
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Less than two weeks removed from being a point away from the bottom of the Eastern Conference, the Rangers appear to be surging again, winning four of their past five games heading into Thursday’s match at Ottawa.
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Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.
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