Three games into his big-league career, Michael Conforto has become part of the daily conversation surrounding the Mets.
Conforto, brought up from Double-A Binghamton last week, is reminiscent of a call-up the Mets made more than 25 years ago when infielder Gregg Jefferies was inserted into the lineup and became a late-season sensation.
Conforto, the 10th overall pick of the 2014 draft, is batting .444 in his first nine at-bats. He has plenty of work ahead of him to mirror Jefferies' first 13 games in 1988 after coming from Triple-A Tidewater in late August. From Aug. 28 through Sept.