All offseason into this season, we heard how well the Mets young pitching would matchup with the Cubs young hitting. Sure, they meant for a trade. However, now, we’re going to find out how they matchup in the NLCS. 

In this series, many will point out how the Mets went 0-7 against the Cubs this year. This ignores the fact that half of the Mets lineup has changed. Therefore, that information may be as useful as saying the Cubs had a better record against anyone. Also, the Cubs haven’t really faced the Mets pitchers much. The Cubs did beat the one starter they faced twice, Jacob deGrom. 

I’ve looked over everything. You could say the Cubs have offensive and defensive advantages. You could say the Cubs have the better manager. The Cubs just beat the 100 win Cardinals in the NLCS after defeating a very good Pirates team in the Wild Card Game. They seem to believe fate is on their side. What advantage do the Mets have?

Pitching. They have Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, and Steven Matz starting with Jeurys Familia in the bullpen. The Mets may have two very good starters. The Mets have four. These four just outpitched Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke, who are much better pitchers than Jon Lester and Jake Arrieta. 

They way the Cubs rotation shakes out, they need Lester and Arrieta to go 4-0. Game One?  Lester versus Harvey. Already, right off the bat, the Cubs path to victory is tenuous. If you’ve ever played poker, you k know four aces are better than two. The Cubs are about to find out the same. 

Mets in six.