Manaea will start Game 3 of their NL Division Series against the Phillies at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Citi Field. The lefthander will carry with him a 3.47 ERA from the regular season, a strong playoff showing against the Brewers last week and a recent tendency to pitch deep into games.

Carlos Mendoza’s matter-of-fact declaration that the Mets’ final homestand of the 2024 regular season would not be their last games of the year at Citi Field turned out to be spot on. Of course, his team had to leap through multiple hoops doused in gasoline and lit on fire to fulfill those prognostications,

Slumping third baseman Alec Bohm will be back in the Philadelphia Phillies’ starting lineup Tuesday against the New York Mets in Game 3 of their NL Division Series