The New York Mets had been eradicated from the 2024 playoffs after dropping Sport 6 to the Los Angeles Dodgers within the Nationwide League Championship Sequence.
The loss ended a magical run by the Mets, as they had been underdogs in each of the collection they received, in opposition to the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies.
Following the ultimate loss to the Dodgers, Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza revealed what he instructed his workforce.
“Now they know what it takes to play significant video games, not solely in August and September however deep into October. Everybody ought to really feel pleased with themselves,” Mendoza stated, by way of FOX Sports activities: MLB.
“Now they know what it takes to play significant video games not solely in August and September, however deep into October. Everybody ought to really feel pleased with themselves.”
In his first yr managing the Mets, Mendoza led them to an 89-73 common season file and their first NLCS look since 2015, after they swept the Chicago Cubs earlier than dropping the World Sequence to the Kansas Metropolis Royals.
This yr, the Mets had been in a troublesome spot pitching-wise after starter Sean Manaea was pulled after throwing solely two innings in Sport 6.
They ended up utilizing seven pitchers within the recreation, which doesn’t seem prefer it was the plan.
Manaea was nice in Sport 2 in opposition to the Dodgers, incomes the win after throwing 5 innings and permitting two hits, two earned runs and 4 walks whereas hanging out seven.
Total, Mendoza is rightfully pleased with his workforce and the way they overcame all the adversity they confronted this season.
He’ll look to get the Mets again to the playoffs subsequent season and make one other run at his first World Sequence title as a supervisor.