The Mets are playing some of their best baseball right now. They’ve won eight of their past nine games and remain 3.5 games up on the Braves in the NL East.
But the Mets picked up a bunch of those recent wins against bottom feeders Miami and Washington. Now, the real test awaits.
This weekend’s five-game set with Atlanta at Citi Field is the Mets’ biggest series of the year. It’s like an NLDS in August. By the end of the marathon, the Amazins could have a stranglehold on the division — or be back in the danger zone.