On Tuesday, with about eight weeks remaining in the season, the Mets sent their season-ticket holders directions for buying tickets for potential postseason games at Citi Field. As part of the package, the Mets were selling hypothetical seats to the World Series — and it wasn’t some cruel joke.
That is how optimistic the Mets are feeling over their recent surge. But no matter how much they retooled their offense in the past few weeks, it still seems that their fate, and whether they make the playoffs for the first time since 2006, will depend on the performance of their young starting pitchers.