Does anybody want the second wild card berth in the National League?
It sure doesn’t seem like it.
Despite playing mediocre baseball for the vast majority of the 2016 season, the Mets are still, somehow, in contention for the final postseason spot.
Coming into play on Tuesday, the Mets are 1 1/2 games behind the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals, and only a game and 2 1/2 games in front of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies, respectively.
The Marlins and Cardinals have let the Mets stick around with subpar play of their own, but that won’t last forever.