The Mets opened Thursday four games behind the Phillies in the National League East.

But who is chasing who?

And if the season had ended after the Mets’ three-game sweep of the NL East leaders concluded on Wednesday, the Mets would open the playoffs in Philadelphia for the Wild Card Series.

Think that would scare the Mets?

Not with Nolan (Ryan) McLean and Jonah (King) Tong in the rotation.

OK, maybe we are getting ahead of ourselves here. But the mojo definitely seemed back at Citi Field, even if the ballpark wasn’t as packed for Thursday’s potential letdown contest against Miami as it was for the three-game wipeout of the Phillies.

No matter what happened against Miami on Thursday, the Mets have plenty of reasons to be confident.

No. 1 is the superb performance by McLean in his fir

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