MIAMI -- Brodie Van Wagenen expressed confidence in the New York Mets shortly after the former agent was hired for his first general manager job in the offseason.
He urged the rest of the NL East to "come get us," and they have.
"I wasn't shy in the offseason, but they came and got us," Van Wagenen said before New York visited Miami for its first game after the All-Star break. "I think that now we view ourselves as the underdogs."
The Mets began the weekend series against the Marlins with a 40-50 record, good for fourth place in the division, 13+ games behind NL East-leading Atlanta.