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Dodger Blue > Dodgers News > 2024 Dodgers NLCS: Dave Roberts Warns Mets ‘Completely Different Team’
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2024 Dodgers NLCS: Dave Roberts Warns Mets ‘Completely Different Team’

Matthew Moreno
October 13, 2024
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Francisco Lindor, Starling Marte, OMG Mets
Oct 9, 2024; New York, New York, USA; New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a grand slam against the Philadelphia Phillies in the sixth inning in game four of the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images
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The 2024 National League Championships Series pits a Los Angeles Dodgers team that many expected to be playing for the pennant — even if there were a bevy of pundits predicting the San Diego Padres would advance — against the surprising New York Mets.

The Dodgers won four of six head-to-head games this season, with each of their meetings coming early in the year.

“I’ll tell you this, we saw these guys earlier. They’re a completely different team than we saw. They’re playing considerably better,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said about the Mets on the eve of the NLCS beginning at Dodger Stadium.

“(Francisco) Lindor is back to being Frankie. They’ve just got a lot of confidence. So we’ve got to play good baseball.”

Although the Mets are not thought of in the same light as the Padres in terms of overall talent, Roberts warned the Dodgers can’t get lulled into a letdown.

“I just don’t see it much different outside of the fact that they’re two different ballclubs, but we have to come with the same intensity, focus and energy that we had this last series,” he said.

As for the notion that the Dodgers raised their level of intensity when facing the Padres in the NLDS, Roberts believes that process began before October.

“I think we actually created it before the series. I really do. I don’t think that that was the result of winning the series,” he said.

“I think that we had that from pitch one, Game 1, and I expect it to kind of build from here.”

New York Mets record since June 2

When the Mets lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks for the second consecutive day to begin June, it dropped them to a season-worst 11 games under .500. The following day marked the start of a prolonged stretch that propelled the Mets into the postseason picture.

Since June 2, the Mets had the best record in baseball at 63-38. That still required playing a doubleheader the final day after the regular season was scheduled to conclude.

New York punched their ticket for October baseball by defeating the Atlanta Braves in the first game at Truist Park. They wound up facing the Milwaukee Brewers to begin the playoffs, and upset them in three games.

That was followed by stunning the No. 2 seed Philadelphia Phillies to set up a clash with the Dodgers.

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ByMatthew Moreno
Matthew Moreno is a journalist from Whittier, Calif., who is a credentialed reporter and is currently the Executive Editor of DodgerBlue.com and LakersNation.com. In addition to covering Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angels Lakers, Matthew has a strong passion for keeping up to date with the sneakerhead culture. It began with Michael Jordan and Air Jordan shoes, and has carried over to Kobe Bryant's signature line with Nike. Matthew previously was the lead editor and digital strategist at Dodgers Nation, and the co-editor and lead writer at Reign of Troy, where he covered USC Trojans Football. Matthew graduated from California State Long Beach University with a major in journalism and minor in communications. Contact: matt@mediumlargela.com
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