
Jonah Tong is Mets’ last hope for season-saving spark — and it’s time to use him
NY Post
Let’s face it, despite one of their best games of the season Monday, the Mets need real help.
No matter how high their payroll is ($340 million at last count), and how many stars they possess (many), they aren’t getting to the World Series as currently constituted.
They might not even make the playoffs.
The boy band known as the Reds still could beat them out of a postseason spot the way things are going. Only 2 ¹/₂ games separate the smallest market from the biggest for the final wild card following an impressive 13-3 Mets win over the first-place Phillies on Monday night, and the Mets’ much easier closing schedule provides little solace since they often play down to the level of their opponent.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












