The New York Mets, who overcame several major injuries, including those to star pitchers Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer; the dismissal of Robinson Cano and the low production of key figures, where the terrible slump of Dominic Smith stands out by far, to stay at the top of their division, they are currently undergoing the last great test they will have on the calendar for the rest of the season. Major League regular series.
New York, which has only won the National League East Division six times (the last time in 2015, when they lost the World Series to the Kansas City Royals), hosts their hated rival Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field at the end of the season. of the week, with a solid seven-game lead over the Atlanta Braves and 10.5 over the visiting Phillies.
The Mets have been atop the division for almost the entire season (exactly 125 days since opening day in April) and though they blew a lead that stretched from 10.5 games on June 1 to just a half-game on July 23 , fixed things by winning four of five against the Braves last weekend in Queens.