When last we spoke on September 1, the Mets were coming off an 11-17 August, which brought their record down to 73-64 on the season. Even so, they entered the month with a 93.4% chance at making the MLB playoffs according to Fangraphs. The Mets still had a chance at the NL East title at that point—8.8% according to Fangraphs—but those hopes have all but gone out the window.

The Mets followed that up winning three of their next four games before dropping eight straight—their third losing streak of seven-plus games this season—before temporarily righting the ship with yesterday’s walk-off win against the Rangers to salvage the series finale. Combined with losses from their two closest competitors, the Reds and the Giants, the Mets built their Wild Card lead to 1.5 games. As they were two we

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