The Mets’ lead in the NL East was 10.5 games at the end of May. As of Oct. 3, they are two games behind the Braves.
in Atlanta. The offense did not put up enough runs. The starting pitchers didn’t dominate. The Braves looked like the better team, despite the Mets having the upper hand for a good portion of the season.
The result? The Mets will likely have to play in the NL Wild Card round, potentially against the Padres in a best-of-three series at Citi Field. It was a terrible weekend and the Mets will have to find themselves this week, and hopefully get Starling Marte back. They desperately need him for Friday’s Game 1 of the wild-card series., we bring you a new episode of the “Amazin’ But True” podcast with Nelson Figueroa and me. We hosted the show from the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.
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