Opinion

The Kansas City Royals didn't trade for Johnny Cueto to beat the Boston Red Sox in August or the Baltimore Orioles in September.

Good thing, too, because Cueto gave up 15 runs in those two games.

Doesn't matter now, does it?

No New York Mets player will be more active during the 2015 World Series than Travis d'Arnaud. 

This thing started off with a historic bang. 

In the 15-year span from 1990-2004, Barry Bonds won the National League's Most Valuable Player award seven times. He finished in the top five in MVP voting in five of the other eight years.

Whatever you want to say about how he did it or what became of his legacy, the fact is he was absolutely dominating on the field.

This should be David Wright’s stage. 

This should be where the man once tagged as Captain America and the captain of the New York Mets, the only franchise for which he’s ever played, shined brightest. In David Wright’s first World Series, he should be the superstar of superstars. 

Whether it's the New York Mets or the Kansas City Royals, the winner of the World Series will have its first championship in three decades.

Strictly going off the first act, we can deduce two things: It may take another three decades for this series to crown a winner, and getting there is going to be a hell of a ride.

KANSAS CITY — Jacob deGrom's right arm is a weapon, all right.

Take the time a couple of weeks ago in Los Angeles when, sitting down at the head table to meet the press with scorching-hot teammate Daniel Murphy, deGrom did some quick work with the chair that was about to hold his teammate.

How will the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals fare against each other in the 2015 World Series? We're about to find out.

In the meantime, here's a thought experiment: What if these two franchises stepped into a flux capacitor-equipped DeLorean and traveled back in time to face themselves?

Specifically, what if the current Royals played a best-of-seven series against the 1985 Royals, the last K.C. club to win it all? And what if the '15 Mets squared off against the 1986 world champion Amazins?

The Fall Classic is upon us, pitting two teams each ripe with key contributors set to hit the free-agent market this offseason.

The success of the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets is the result of long-term development within their respective farm systems. As such, they’ve been able to lock up players at financially friendly costs over the first few years of their careers. 

The Kansas City Royals and New York Mets will square off for the first time in the World Series starting Tuesday in what should be an evenly matched contest.

The Mets went from one end of the spectrum to the other, battling the Los Angeles Dodgers for the full five games in the National League Division Series before sweeping the Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series.