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Playoff workload catching up to Mets pitchers
- Updated: August 20, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — Giants manager Bruce Bochy told Terry Collins last winter that the Mets manager would see “some effect” from his team playing deep into the postseason in 2015.
Collins didn’t know what he meant at the time. But he fully understands now, after rookie Seth Lugo became the club’s eighth pitcher to start a game this season Friday against the Giants at AT&T Park.
A combination of bad luck and the Mets’ reliance on its starting rotation into last year’s World Series have resulted in the 2016 season being fraught with setbacks. Steven Matz being forced to miss his scheduled start Friday because of shoulder discomfort was just the latest example.
“People don’t want to hear it because they think …
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