Don’t look now, but the Mets , almost left for dead, are once again one of the favorites in the National League. A home sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies has them only four games back from first place in the NL East, and 4.5 games ahead of the Cincinnati Reds in the NL Wild Card race. The Mets will face both the Phillies and Reds on their next road trip, and later in September, they’ll see the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs, the two teams ahead of them in the Wild Card standings.

A hot start provided them with enough of a cushion to overcome a disastrous summer, but with things on the downswing, the Mets rediscovered their groove, and their chances are improving.

“Baseball is crazy,” manager Carlos Mendoza said Wednesday night.

It sure is, but crazy has long defined the Mets

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