One thing that comes with baseball going back to “normal” is remembering that a full 162-game season is a marathon, not a sprint. No other sport recapitulates the cadence of a baseball season and all of its ebbs and flows. Chilly April nights give way to sunny May and June Sunday afternoons, which fold into the dog days of summer, which culminate with the crisp smell of changing leaves and the stretch run to the postseason. The Mets hope there will be meaningful baseball the whole way through. Let’s take a look at where the roughest patches of the Mets’ journey to snag a postseason berth might be and when they should take advantage of smoother sailing.
A deeper dive into the Mets’ 2021 schedule
