Poll Will the Mets or the Royals win the World Series?

Yet, here they are. The Royals have a number of players who will be looking to make up for the loss last season. The plucky Kansas City Royals, constantly pressuring opponents and aiming to atone for last year’s near-miss.

So who is going to break their championship drought in 2015? Most likely, it’ll be the Mets starting pitching against the Royals hitting.

Johnny Cueto was in the running as one of the best pitchers in the National League earlier this season. Those 1980s Mets were a powerhouse built around young stars Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. In two postseason appearances, one a start and the other out of the bullpen, he has a 3.12 ERA and 3.48 FIP in 8.2 innings of work. “They”™re just a dynamic starting rotation.”.

Not many teams have four guys who are either current or soon-to-be aces.

The depth may not be there, but the Mets do have a couple of arms capable of getting it done when the game is on the line. Lucas Duda got out to an incredibly slow start this October, as he had three hits in 24 at-bats through his first eight games.

Plus, the first World Series action at Citi Field when the scene shifts for Game 3.

The Royals had MLB’s No. 1 in-market TV ratings during the 2015 regular season. Per OddsShark.com (h/t Bleacher Report), the Mets are the favorites at -120, while the Royals are checking in at -110. The Royals stole 104 bases, the Mets swiped only 51.

The Royals are slashing.262/.320/.416.

GOLDMAN: Well, if the balls keep flying out of the park when he hits it, a lot.

The Royals have benefitted from the DH. But Young was signed at the start of spring training after spending time away from the game, and pitched his way into the playoff rotation, dominating the Blue Jays in Game 4 of the ALCS. But, heading in, I’ll take Royals in six. Pick your poison. Kelvin Herrera, Ryan Madson, Luke Hochevar or Wade Davis. In thirteen regular season starts with the team, he had a 4.76 ERA and 4.06 FIP. The Royals feature a lineup full of hitters that are hard to strike out, and they frequently run deep counts and make solid contact. 500 the Royals were 1-5 on the road. The bench might be part of the issue. The Royals will also be without starter Jason Vargas for much of the year while he recovers from Tommy John surgery, making him an $8.5 million sunk cost in 2016.

The Mets have relied heavily on their world-class closer in Juerys Familia, and for good reason.

That speaks volumes to the decision by owner David Glass to crack open the purse strings, hire a bright young general manager in Dayton Moore and let the Royals’ front office build a team capable of going all the way. I know many people celebrated a home team win because of the 10 minutes of fireworks that popped and crackled in the 23rd hour.

Royals: SS Alcides Escobar (.257, 4, 32), 2B Ben Zobrist (.276, 13, 56 with Athletics and Royals), CF Lorenzo Cain (.307, 16, 72), 1B Eric Hosmer (.297, 18, 93), DH Kendrys Morales (.290, 22, 106), 3B Mike Moustakas (.284, 22, 82), C Salvador Perez (.260, 21, 70), LF Alex Gordon (.271, 13, 48), RF Alex Rios (.255, 4, 32). How do the Mets matchup?

In fact, consider this a preview for the 2016 season. And when his team punched its ticket to the World Series, the actor celebrated by living out the fantasy of high schoolers everywhere: He threw a party at his parents’ house, and the whole city was invited.

Clearly he’s doing something right. Mets manager Terry Collins is known as a fiery tactician but has never managed a World Series before.

If the Mets are pre-series favourite, it’s because of the starters. They’ll get on base, and once they’re on they’ll be aggressive on the bases.

The Mets are the hot team. Second baseman David Murphy has morphed into a few sort of odd Barry Bonds/Carlos Beltran-type postseason superstar.

New York’s offensive surge began in late July with the acquisitions of Yoenis Cespedes, Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson. “To experience it a year ago was unbelievable”.

“They seem relentless”, Murphy observed Saturday during a workout.

Ned Yost is familiar with the intensity of the Fall Classic; he was here just a year ago.