Unlikely starting shortstops take NLCS center stage

MLB.com's Tim McMaster and Jim Duquette discuss NLCS shortstops Wilmer Flores and Javier Baez, who are both filling in for injured startersGame Date Time Matchup TV Gm 1 Oct. 17 7:30 p.m. ET CHC @ NYM TBS Gm 2 Oct. 18 7:30 p.m. ET CHC @ NYM TBS Gm 3 Oct. 20 7:30 p.m. ET NYM @ CHC TBS Gm 4 Oct. 21 7:30 p.m. ET NYM @ CHC TBS *Gm 5 Oct. 22 7:30 p.m. ET NYM @ CHC TBS *Gm 6 Oct. 24 3:30 p.m. ET CHC @ NYM TBS *Gm 7 Oct. 25 7:30 p.m. ET CHC @ NYM TBSWilmer Flores, whose shaky transition to shortstop had left some unconvinced he belonged there, didn't just hear rumors. He learned about a deal done. While the Mets played the Padres on July 29, myriad publications reported that Milwaukee had agreed to a trade that would have made Flores a Brewer. Flores, finding out the news from a fan, wept on the field for the world to see, only to then see the trade fall through.

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