The Mets blew out the Marlins in the first game of their doubleheader today at Citi Field, scoring eleven runs and allowing only two. If that’s how the Marlins are going to play, the fact that they would have to start Braxon Garrett on short rest on Sunday won’t even matter in the National League Wild Card race.
Following a postponement of the series opener last night because of unplayable conditions at Citi Field, plenty of sanctimonious words were written about the Mets’ management of their field. The Marlins—the first team in the history of baseball to deal with adversity in the final week of a playoff hunt, apparently—desperately needed Braxton Garrett to pitch on Monday and again on Sunday on regular rest to get into the playoffs.