Wilmer Flores accepts congratulations from teammates after belting a homer in the Mets' 4-2 victory on Saturday night.
For all the talk from the Mets that it still is early, they have begun acting differently.
The have started to treat these early June games as more crucial, with the understanding there is a lot of ground to make up after two poor months of baseball. They can’t just wait for the reinforcements to arrive. It could be too late by then.
On Friday, manager Terry Collins benched struggling veteran Jose Reyes. On Saturday, he went to closer Addison Reed for a six-out save.