Trea Turner refused to give the Mets credit after beating the Phillies in the NLDS

The Phillies saw their season come to a heartbreaking end in Game 4 of the NLDS, Francisco Lindor’s dramatic grand slam sent the rival New York Mets into the next round, and Philly into an offseason full of questions difficult Most of the baseball world’s attention after the game, understandably, turned to the Mets, who could continue to rack up improbable wins all the way to the World Series. At least one Phillies star, however, didn’t seem all that impressed with what New York is doing.

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Trea Turner wasn’t exactly covered in glory in this NLDS, going another 0-for-4 in Game 4 that dropped his OPS for the series to a paltry .494. Really, you could extend that to this entire Phillies lineup, which scored two or fewer runs in all three losses a year after disappearing toward the bottom of the 2023 NLCS loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

You’d think the Mets’ pitching had something to do with it, with Sean Manaea, Luis Severino and Jose Quintana getting off to strong starts. Turner, though, thinks that streak had more to do with the Phillies beating themselves than anything New York was doing.

Mets fans will likely hear the above quote as a sign of disrespect, from Turner diminishing New York’s good pitching staff as a means of dealing with a tough postseason loss. Really, though: If you polled every hitter in the Majors, especially one of Turner’s caliber and track record, how many of them would tell you differently? This is how Turner, Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and Company are supposed to feel; That’s why Philly paid them big money, after all, hoping that once October rolled around they could put up numbers no matter who was on the mound.

Obviously, things didn’t work out that way, and it’s now been two years in a row that this seemingly star-studded lineup has gone silent at the worst possible time. So maybe Turner is right after all: Philly’s players are the common denominator between back-to-back postseason flames.