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PHILADELPHIA — Well beyond Fangraphs’ surprisingly joyous assessment of the mercurial Mets’ playoff odds — somehow, they’re up to 93.6 percent! — there exists at least a couple of real reasons to feel decent today even about their World Series chances.

The first and most obvious reason is, of course, that trio of promising kid pitchers Mets higher-ups summoned due to abject necessity (and the kids’ overwhelming minor league numbers). Not only are the precocious triumvirate of Jonah Tong, Brandon Sproat and especially that magical spinmeister Nolan McLean likely going to keep them in playoff position , they may

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