The New York Mets (45-24) welcome the Tampa Bay Rays (36-32) for a three-game series at Citi Field. The Mets are 8-2 over their last ten games, while the Rays are 6-4, so this should be a fun matchup of two teams playing good baseball right about now.
The Mets are coming off of their second straight sweep, putting away the Rockies in Denver over the weekend and then just barely managing to eke out a win on Thursday to take three from Washington at home. A narrative that has been brewing all season is one of the Nationals being a better team than would be expected; Gary Cohen a number of times has mentioned on the broadcast that his expectations for Washington were maybe not going to be reflected in a great record, but that they would be a competitive team.