Where to Watch the Mets Win the World Series

They hope to have a healthy Yoenis Cespedes against the Royals, too. Noah Syndergaard zinging 100 miles per hour heat, Alcides Escobar trying to catch up.

The pitching-rich New York Mets, boosted by Daniel Murphy’s power surge. He was the American League’s 2014 Comeback Player of the Year with the Seattle Mariners before he joined the Royals in 2015.

As the World Series is ready to begin, it is important to understand the historical perspective of these franchises and their ardent fan bases, and all the negative trends one of them will overcome.

“We’re going to take him anyway”, Collins said. “I don’t remember doing that before in the World Series”. He is the only Met already to start three games this postseason. “The Royals have the home field and all that experience”. But this is really my first special moment where I’ve been really excited about the Mets, especially in a year where I was able to call that game. “They never stop coming”.

Collins, no doubt, is a big reason for New York’s success. He has now hit a home run in the last six consecutive postseason games, another record.

The New York Mets delivered an incredible performance during the regular season, but it was simply not enough for them. Saturday, the hometown kid was announced as the starting pitcher for the first game of the World Series, and the hometown crowd is showing their support with their pocketbooks. Even if Murphy continues his postseason tear in the World Series, one complicating factor is that he is a free agent after the season and if he leaves the Mets, the demand for his autograph in the New York area could cool. And then the Mets don’t do well against hard throwers, so the Royals could hit very well against Mets closer Jeurys Familia, and the Mets could struggle against a guy like Wade Davis. Past year the Royals ended a 29-year playoff drought but lost to the San Francisco Giants in the World Series. The Mets’ most recent title came in 1986, led by Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden.

The Royals (300) and Mets (295) ranked third and fourth in Major League Baseball in doubles, respectively. David Cone, Carlos Beltran and Saberhagen are among the guys who played for both teams.

The Royals were the number one team on defense according to fangraphs.com, while the Mets were somewhere in the middle of the field at 17th. The Mets haven’t even visited Kansas City since 2004.