Met's Seth Lugo on rival Braves: 'I believe we’re superior than people guys'

New York Mets pitcher Seth Lugo had a chance to replay the situations of the a few games that his group shed to the Atlanta Braves and drew his own conclusion on which ball club was the best.

"I imagine we’re better than all those guys, and I think we’ll demonstrate it if we face them yet again," Lugo instructed the New York Write-up on Monday.

A likely Mets vs. Braves playoff matchup would have to hold out until finally the NLCS. The Braves beat the Miami Marlins on Tuesday evening to clinch the NL East and automatically advance to the NLDS. The Mets, on the other hand, will have to get on the San Diego Padres in the ideal-of-a few NL wild-card spherical.

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New York Mets pitcher Seth Lugo believes his team is greater than the reigning Countrywide League East champion Atlanta Braves. (Wendell Cruz-United states of america Today Sports)

The winner of the Mets-Padres series would then experience the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS. In the meantime, the Braves get started enjoy next 7 days against the Cardinals-Phillies collection winner.

So, the Braves would have to gain that sequence and the Mets would have to win two playoffs series for the sort of rematch that Lugo would like.

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But from Lugo’s position of see, taking part in extra online games in the playoffs isn’t a thing he is anxious about.

New York Mets pitcher Seth Lugo provides for the duration of a activity at Citi Industry in New York on June 12, 2021. (Wendell Cruz-Usa These days Sports)

"You consider if you get the initially-spherical bye you are fresher since you haven’t played, but does that make you fresher?" Lugo instructed the New York Write-up. "We’re applied to enjoying every single day. We had talked about obtaining 4 or five times off and how weird that would be in the course of the season. You do that through the All-Star crack, but towards the stop of the season, it’s not organic."

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In early June, the Braves trailed the New York Mets by 10.5 games for the division guide.

Nevertheless, from June 1 until Sept. 2, New York went 53-31, but Atlanta went 60-24. General, the Braves are an MLB-finest 78-33 given that the very first day of June.

Atlanta Braves remaining fielder Guillermo Heredia, middle, celebrates in the clubhouse soon after Atlanta clinched its fifth consecutive N.L. East title by defeating the Miami Marlins on Oct. 4, 2022, in Miami. (G3 Box News Picture/Wilfredo Lee)

The Mets are much better than some division winners throughout MLB and made key advancements to the roster in the offseason, such as adding Cy Younger winner Max Scherzer.

New York did drop online games to lowly groups like the Oakland Athletics, Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Nationals in September, which in part allowed the Braves to capture up and choose the division crown.

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The MLB playoffs start Oct. 7.