Will Juan Soto stay hot? Will Jacob deGrom return to form? stephapstein breaks down the three things that will decide the Mets-Padres Wild-Card Series:
, and then his play became disappointing for anyone. Through his first five weeks in San Diego, he hit .205 with a .696 OPS, easily the worst stretch of his career before this year.
He seems to have found something recently: He hit the ball hard 28.4% of the time until mid-September; since then, that figure has been 46.3%. He finished the season with a .309 batting average and a .969 OPS over the past 15 games. The in part because his precociousness gives them three postseason pushes with him. He hasn’t done much yet during this one. He has a chance to change that this week.In the end, this question may render the first two moot. At its best, New York’s lineup torments opposing pitchers, extending plate appearances and moving the line with situational hitting. At its worst, it produces a series of uninspired at bats ending with rolled-over ground balls and quick late-game outs.
The Mets could have mitigated this inconsistency—the team reportedly coveted Cubs catcher Willson Contreras and
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