The scores turned late and often this week at Citi Field, and if you really want to know the greater state of the National League East, here’s the true final tally for these past four wacky contests:
The Mets are at DEFCON 3, the Nationals DEFCON 1.
Did we just see the Mets turn around their season for (or at least to) Mickey Callaway’s benefit? Or did the dreadful Nats, easily the most disappointing team in all of baseball, provide a soothing funhouse mirror that they’ll take with them back to Washington?
We’ll find out very shortly.