NY Post · Oct 17, 2015
Sandy Alderson hints Mets may sit Lucas Duda in Game 1
Lucas DudaCould another deep slump land Lucas Duda on the bench for the NLCS?
General manager Sandy Alderson said Friday the Mets may decide to go somewhere else in Game 1 with Cubs southpaw Jon Lester on the mound.
Duda started all five games of the NLDS against the Dodgers — four against left-handed pitchers — but it may not continue Saturday at Citi Field.
The notoriously hot-and-cold slugger, who hit 27 home runs during the regular season, is in one of his deep funks, when contact is almost as rare for him as a stolen base. Granted, Dodgers aces Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw pitched in four of the five games, but Duda still struck out 11 times, and went just 2-for-18 with no RBIs.