Nick Castellanos gave the Mets their credit after they knocked out the Phillies in Game 4 on Wednesday night , but the Phillies right fielder was hesitant to call the Mets the better team even after the loss.
In a series of questions that Castellanos asked himself as part of an answer to a reporter, he expressed that even though the Mets had won, the Phillies were the better team overall.
“Are there things that we could have done better? Yes,” Castellanos said.
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“Are there things that we could have done differently? Yes. Do I think that they are a better team than us? No. But this series, they were.”
The Phillies fell short of what many had expected, and there is some feeling that things could change after this season.
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Still, as frustrated as Castellanos was when he spoke to the media after the loss, he did give the Mets credit for how they played in the series.