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The future was late Saturday afternoon, so most certainly now. Forget about easing Nolan McLean in. The Mets stopped being a good baseball team in mid-June and have devolved into an atrocious one of late, losing 14 of 16 going into the touted prospect’s MLB debut.

There are many culprits. A starry, highly paid lineup main four of Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo has lacked enough clutch impact. A refortified bullpen has been central to blowing leads in each of the past seven games going into Saturday.

But poor rotation work, which has had a chain reaction of giving a spent bullpen too m

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