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Side-By-Side Comparison Of The Royals And Mets Matchup
- Updated: October 26, 2015
The New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals, will face each other starting on Tuesday, for their first ever meeting in the World Series. Both organizations have suffered through long droughts without a championship, with the Royals last title in 1985 and the Mets in 1986.
The Royals are the American League defending champs, as they advanced to the World Series in 2014, but lost to the San Francisco Giants. As for the Mets, they have not been to the World Series since 2000, when they lost to their crosstown rivals, the New York Yankees in the Subway Series.
Below I chose to focus on the side-by-side comparison of the probable starters, in the field and on the mound.
Also for your enjoyment, use the table below to view how each player in their respective position pair up, and feel free to comment below to determine who you feel will have the bigger edge.
| METS | ROYALS | ||
| CATCHERS | |||
Travis d'Arnaud Regular Season.268 BA, 12 HR, 41 RBI 2015 Postseason .206 BA, 3 HR, 6 RBI | Salvador Perez Regular Season.260 BA, 21 HR, 70 RBI 2015 Postseason .194 BA, 4 HR, 6 RBI | |
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| FIRST BASE | |||
Lucas Duda Regular Season.244 BA, 27 HR, 73 RBI 2015 Postseason .214 BA, 1 HR, 6 RBI | Eric Hosmer Regular Season.297 BA, 18 HR, 93 RBI 2015 Postseason .222 BA, 1 HR, 11 RBI | ||
| SECOND BASE | |||
Daniel Murphy Regular Season.281 BA, 14 HR, 73 RBI 2015 Postseason .421BA, 7 HR, 11 RBI | Ben Zobrist Regular Season.284 BA, 7 HR, 23 RBI 2015 Postseason .326 BA, 2 HR, 6 RBI | ||
| THIRD BASE | |||
David Wright Regular Season.289 BA, 5 HR, 17 RBI 2015 Postseason .167 BA, 0 HR, 3 RBI | Mike Moustakas Regular Season.284 BA, 22 HR, 82 RBI 2015 Postseason .167 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBI | ||
| SHORTSTOP | |||
Wilmer Flores Regular Season.263 BA, 16 HR, 59 RBI 2015 Postseason .292 BA, 0 HR, 0 RBI | Alicides Escobar Regular Season.257 BA, 3 HR, 47 RBI 2015 Postseason .386 BA, 0 HR, 5 RBI | ||
| LEFT FIELD | |||
Yoenis Cespedes Regular Season.287 BA, 17 HR, 44 RBI 2015 Postseason .265 BA, 2 HR, 7 RBI | Alex Gordon Regular Season.271 BA, 13 HR, 48 RBI 2015 Postseason .250 BA, 1 HR, 3 RBI | ||
| CENTER FIELD | |||
Juan Lagares Regular Season.259, 6 HR, 41 RBI 2015 Postseason .385, 0 HR, 0 RBI | Lorenzo Cain Regular Season.307 BA, 16 HR, 72 RBI 2015 Postseason .275 BA, 1 HR, 7 RBI | ||
| RIGHT FIELD | |||
Curtis Granderson Regular Season.259 BA, 26 HR, 70 RBI 2015 Postseason .303 BA, 0 HR, 7 RBI | Alex Rios Regular Season.255 BA, 4 HR, 32 RBI 2015 Postseason .333 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBI | ||
| STARTERS | |||
Jacob deGrom Regular Season14-8, 2.54 ERA, 205 K 2015 Postseason 3-0, 1.80 ERA, 27 K | Johnny Cueto Regular Season4-7, 4.76 ERA, 56 K 2015 Postseason 1-1, 7.88 ERA, 15 K | ||
Matt Harvey Regular Season13-8, 2.71 ERA, 188 K 2015 Postseason 2-0, 2.84 ERA, 16 K | Edinson Volquez Regular Season13-9, 3.55 ERA, 155 K 2015 Postseason 1-2, 4.32 ERA, 15 K | ||
Noah Syndergaard Regular Season9-7, 3.24 ERA, 166 K 2015 Postseason 1-1, 2.77 ERA, 20 K | Yordano Ventura Regular Season13-8, 4.08 ERA, 156 K 2015 Postseason 0-1, 5.09 ERA, 21 K | ||
Steven Matz Regular Season4-0, 2.27 ERA, 34 K 2015 Postseason 0-1, 3.72 ERA, 8 K | Chris Young Regular Season11-6, 3.06 ERA, 83 K 2015 Postseason 0-0, 3.12 ERA, 11 K | ||
| CLOSER | |||
Jeurys Familia Regular Season2-2, 1.85 ERA, 43 SV 2015 Postseason 0-0, 0.00, 5 SV | Wade Davis Regular Season8-1, 0.94 ERA, 17 SV 2015 Postseason 1-0, 0.00, 3 SV | ||
| DESIGNATED HITTER | |||
Michael Conforto Regular Season.270 BA, 9 HR, 26 RBI 2015 Postseason .067 BA, 1 HR, 2 RBI | Kendrys Morales Regular Season.290, 22 HR, 106 RBI 2015 Postseason .268, 4 HR, 10 RBI |
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