Postseason baseball is back in Queens, New York, folks. Citi Field will be rocking this weekend. After winning 101 games in one of the best seasons in franchise history, the Mets open up the 2022 playoffs with a best-of-three series against the San Diego Padres.
Starting Friday evening in primetime, this series brings together two teams who’ve struggled for much of this century but have experienced recent organizational revivals. In San Diego, the offense is led by perennial stars Manny Machado and Juan Soto, while Yu Darvish and former Cy Young winner Blake Snell head the rotation.