At the top of the list over the Mets’ final 23 games is trying to erase a wild-card deficit that stands at five games, but jobs are also on the line and milestones in play over these next three-plus weeks.
Here are five questions facing the Mets as they head toward 2019’s home stretch:
What are the Mets’ postseason chances?
Fangraphs on Thursday was giving the Mets a 10.6 percent chance to reach the playoffs — better than the Brewers (9.3 percent), Diamondbacks (8.1 percent) and Phillies (2.1 percent), all of whom are also chasing the Cubs for the NL’s second wild card.