Nationals vs. Mets: A Clash of the Titans

This will be a series for the ages.  I know the pennant races haven't completely heated up yet and will not heat up until September but this weekend series between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals is a huge one.

For the Nats, they look to remain the team to beat in the NL.  Washington currently holds a three game lead over the NYM but the Mets have been a roll lately.  Despite dropping their last two games and having a dramatic two days, with one of their players crying thinking they got traded on Wednesday night to blowing a six run lead yesterday, the Mets are still in it and have a legitimate chance to de-throne the Nats.

The Nats entered the season as a World Series favorite after signing Max Scherzer and boasting one the best rotations in baseball.  The Mets starting rotation isn't too shabby either as they have a lot of young guns and a strong hair game.  New York is sending their big three arms into this weekends series with Matt Harvey tonight,  Jacob deGrom tomorrow, and Noah Syndergaard on Sunday night.

This weekend at Citi Field is the Mets biggest series in years as they look to gain some ground and show the rest of league that this team is much different than they were in years past.  The Nats have to win to remain at the top in the standings.  It is a division rivalry that only got fueled this past week when the Mets added former National Tyler Clippard to their bullpen.  Clippard told reporters that the Nats are "beatable."

Tonight at 7:10 Matt Harvey and Gio Gonzalez will go head to head.

Get your popcorn ready.