Attack early. Go up the middle and to the opposite field.
The Mets’ plan against Dodgers co-ace and Cy Young candidate Zack Greinke for Saturday’s NLDS Game 2 in Los Angeles shouldn’t include deep counts – says former major league outfielder Scott Podsednik, one of the few hitters who enjoyed sustained success against Greinke.
“I didn’t want him to get ahead, where he was going to start burying that slider down and in,” the 39-year-old Podsednik told The Post in a phone interview this week. “If I got a fastball early, I wasn’t going to sit around.