Shortly after the New York Yankees clinched a spot within the American League Championship Collection by way of Thursday’s 3-1 win over the Kansas Metropolis Royals, Yankees captain Aaron Decide was requested in regards to the environment within the Massive Apple because the New York Mets are additionally 4 wins away from taking part in within the World Collection.
“It’s going to be thrilling,” Decide mentioned, as shared by Phillip Martinez of SNY. “The Mets have had an unbelievable season. I do know they didn’t begin the way in which they needed to however they received an ideal supervisor over there in Carlos Mendoza, who I’ve had an opportunity to be round for a couple of years within the Yankees group.”
Earlier than Mendoza began his first marketing campaign as Mets skipper with a 0-5 report, he labored below present Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone from 2018-23. Mendoza has acquired widespread reward for preserving his clubhouse collectively amid swoons en path to the Mets advancing to the Nationwide League Championship Collection, the place they may face both the San Diego Padres or Los Angeles Dodgers.
Whereas many thought this previous winter that 2024 could be a part of the Mets’ newest roster rebuild below first-year president of baseball operations David Stearns, the Yankees have been marketed as World Collection contenders as quickly as they acquired All-Star outfielder Juan Soto from the Padres final December. As of Friday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Yankees because the betting favorites at +170 odds to win this 12 months’s Fall Traditional.
Earlier than the Yankees can take into consideration reaching that aim, they’re going to should get previous both the Cleveland Guardians or Detroit Tigers within the ALCS.
“It’s going to be a enjoyable time in New York, man,” Decide added throughout his feedback. “[The Mets are] having an ideal season, and it’s gonna be enjoyable to stay up for down the street getting an opportunity to face them once more.”
In July, the Mets accomplished a season sweep of the Yankees that was a part of the Amazins’ sudden summer time resurgence. One cannot blame New York followers for dreaming in regards to the first fall Subway Collection for the reason that Yankees defeated the Mets within the 2000 World Collection, because the baseball vibes in and across the metropolis are immaculate heading into the second weekend of October.
