![]() ![]() ![]() Said an exasperated Collins: “There’s a lot of B.S. “It was difficult, I was thinking a lot out there, but nothing happened.’’ There was the rumor I was going to get traded, the fans were cheering for me and that made me emotional,’’ he said of his seventh-inning at-bat. “I’ve been a Met forever, all my teammates are here, that’s why I got emotional. When I came in, they told me there was no trade. Said Flores: “During the game, I heard I was getting traded and I got emotional. One of those conundrums where there is no right answer. He was left in the game because we are trying to win the game and there was no deal. “We could have pulled him and contributed to the speculation. I’ve addressed personally with the player involved. “Unfortunately, social media, etcetera, got ahead of the facts. Getty Images“There is no trade,’’ Alderson said. The Post confirmed the Mets pulled out of the deal because of concerns over Gomez’s hip, but later super agent Scott Boras said his player was healthy. Alderson was adamant the deal was as dead as a doornail, however. 375 with runners in scoring position, and the Mets need more clutch hitting. This was a night Lucas Duda hit three home runs and it was a side note. Long after some fans were chanting for Gomez. ![]() The deal fell apart over medical issues, long after the 24,804 fans were chanting “Wil-mer! Wil-mer!’’ at Citi Field. “This is the craziest thing I have ever seen in a baseball game,’’ Collins said. In the ninth, Ruben Tejada hit for Flores because he was an emotional wreck. “I’m coming to work ,’’ Flores said to reporters, his eyes still filled with tears long after the Mets’ 7-3 loss to the Padres at Citi Field. The Mets kept him in the game, manager Terry Collins said, because there was no trade.Īfterward, general manager Sandy Alderson adamantly said the trade not only did not happen, but that the talks with the Brewers were dead. He became emotional because word spread like wildfire that he had been traded for Gomez. And considering that the Dodgers’ odds of winning the series (according to our Elo ratings) rose from 35 percent to 52 percent with the victory, the slide will probably go down as one of the most pivotal plays of the entire postseason.There is no trade of Zack Wheeler and Wilmer Flores for Milwaukee’s Carlos Gomez.įlores wound up in tears at shortstop Wednesday night in one of the most bizarre scenes ever on a major league field. No position player in the playoffs has added more than 28 percentage points to his team’s tally in a single game, so Utley had an enormous individual effect on the outcome of Game 2. His seventh-inning single off Noah Syndergaard increased L.A.’s win probability by 11 percentage points - and by subsequently breaking up a potential Mets double play with his aggressive take-out of Tejada, he lifted the Dodgers’ chances of winning by 40 percentage points. On a per-plate-appearance basis, he’s one of the least effective position players on the Dodgers’ roster.īut even if Utley doesn’t register another hit in the series, he’ll have already made an indelible mark on both teams’ playoff fortunes. Although he was once an under-the-radar great, Utley’s best days are probably behind him he produced exactly zero wins above replacement (WAR) in more than 100 games this season, and he is projected to do little more than that going forward. They may boo, but Mets fans should probably hope Utley gets as much playing time as possible. ESPN reported that Utley’s appeal probably won’t be heard Monday, so Utley will be eligible to play in the series’ crucial third game - an appearance that will draw the fury of New York fans on Monday evening and is sure to keep the dispute over the slide boiling. ![]() But he appealed the decision, and players are eligible to play until their appeals are heard. Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley was suspended for two games for the hard slide that broke the leg of Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada. ![]()
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