Even with all of the losing they’ve endured over the last three months, the Mets control their own playoff destiny with less than two weeks left in the regular season.

The Mets (77-73) entered Monday’s off day with a 1.5-game lead over the San Francisco Giants for the third and final National League wild card spot .

The Arizona Diamondbacks were two games behind the Mets in the wild card standings, while the Cincinnati Reds were 2.5 games back.

That makes things simple. If they handle their business over the final 12 games, the Mets will be back in the postseason with a chance to erase all memories of their extended summer swoon.

“We need them all at this point,” Pete Alonso said Sunday, after his walk-off home run against the Texas Rangers snapped the Mets’ season-worst eight-g

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