In the end, they Mets-ed.
The Mets built great hope over most of this long season. Home games often felt like a revival. It all felt like a resurrection. A rise from the lows of the Wilpon days. The payroll and star collection soared — and so did expectations. It just made this fall all the more painful — and too reminiscent of disappointing times.
Had they won the NL East and/or advanced to lose to the 111-win Dodgers, the sting would be less. The sense of accomplishment greater. But this? This was the nexus of discouraging and dismaying. Jacob deGrom, left, and Max Scherzer.Mets face daunting offseason task of rebuilding bullpen nearly from scratch
The Mets’ collective lineup lacked the impact of the Padres’ eighth-place hitter. Apparently if you hold up the name Trent Grisham to a mirror, you will see Chipper Jones reflected back. A .184 hitter in the regular season, Grisham reached safely in eight of 12 plate appearances against the Mets. Grisham homered off Scherzer in Game 1 and deGrom in Game 2. He reached in all four plate appearances in Game 3. He drew a two-out walk off Bassitt to load the bases in the second.
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