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The children shall lead the Mets — either into the promised land of October or despair.

With their season on the brink, the Mets are handing the ball to three kids . After Jonah Tong , who faced off against Jacob deGrom on Friday, will come Brandon Sproat and Nolan McLean in what has become a series critical to their playoff hopes.

The fate of a roughly $340 million roster filled with stars will be significantly decided by three young pitchers who entered this weekend with a total of eight major league starts.

Pretty crazy, right?

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