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Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister and multi-talented teacher, snowboarder and makeup artist, will soon be releasing his cover of the Beatles classic, “I Should Have Known Better.” Amazin’, no? That the Mets are still in the hunt? Their playoff chances hanging by a thread, the Mets play in Cincinnati this weekend. They’ve won seven of...

Even when they ranked among the industry’s higher rollers, the Mets routinely found themselves plagued by organizational depth concerns. Or have you forgotten how they placed the fate of their 2006 season in the hands of erratic Oliver Perez (he pitched well!), turned similarly in 2007 to a gassed Tom Glavine (he didn’t) and fielded...

CINCINNATI — Jacob deGrom shaved his ERA from 2.70 to 2.61 in his last start, at a time every number is under the microscope for Cy Young award consideration. The reigning NL winner will make his final road start of the season on Friday, when the Mets face the Reds at Great American Ball Park....

CINCINNATI — As the Mets sit on the fringe of National League wild-card contention, questions pertaining to next season have been placed on hold. Included is whether manager Mickey Callaway will return in 2020 to complete the final year of his contract. Multiple organizational sources have indicated in recent days that Callaway’s future won’t be...

DENVER — Seth Lugo figured extended duty was almost a certainty for him Wednesday given the Mets’ schedule. But Lugo couldn’t have anticipated it unfolding in quite this manner. In addition to recording the final six outs in the 7-4 victory over the Rockies, the right-hander batted in the ninth inning and delivered an RBI...

DENVER — To point out that a personal catcher didn’t lead to Noah Syndergaard’s personal best would be putting it too politely even for Thor’s liking. Even after an exciting, 7-4 victory over the Rockies on Wednesday afternoon at Coors Field, which kept the Mets’ miracle playoff dream as alive as it can be, Syndergaard...

DENVER — Either it’s better to be lucky than good, or Mickey Callaway is playing intergalactic chess while the rest of us are stranded in Candy Land. Been away this entire roller coaster of a Mets season? You could’ve just watched Wednesday’s game and grasped their primary theme: Don’t count them out, even when you...

DENVER — The cavalry waited until the ninth inning, but it eventually arrived to work some Rocky Mountain magic Wednesday. “We still have an outside shot,” Pete Alonso said, referring to the postseason, after the Mets scored four runs in the ninth to beat the Rockies 7-4 at Coors Field. “If keep winning games and...

DENVER — Luis Severino took the Yankee Stadium mound Tuesday night, his first start of the season after battling multiple injuries, with the hopes of helping his team in October… which is only weeks away. Not many pitchers can relate to the unique challenges of that quick ramp-up from inactivity. One of them, though, just...

DENVER — No one ever called David Cone a diva. He never felt like a diva, even in 2000 when he pushed to work with a catcher besides Jorge Posada. Nevertheless, the two-time former Met and current YES Network broadcaster didn’t offer his unconditional support for Noah Syndergaard. Rather, Cone offered some counsel to his...

“The answer is … four?” — Thornton Melon, “Back to School” DENVER — Yes, after the Mets’ 6-1 defeat of the Rockies on Tuesday night at Coors Field, combined with the Cubs’ 4-2 loss to the Reds over in Wrigley Field, the Mets’ miracle fantasy rests at four. Four games separate the Mets from both...

DENVER — The schedule and altitude are convenient excuses, at least publicly, for manager Mickey Callaway to give Noah Syndergaard a personal catcher Wednesday. Callaway acknowledged Tuesday that Rene Rivera is scheduled to start behind the plate for Syndergaard in the Mets’ series finale at Coors Field. Wilson Ramos was the catcher on Tuesday, a...

DENVER — Marcus Stroman is peaking just as the Mets need an all-around Herculean effort to keep their razor-thin postseason chances alive. After a rough month-plus to begin his Mets career, the right-hander finally seems worthy of the hype that accompanied his arrival from Toronto at the trade deadline. On Tuesday he posted a second...

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DENVER — Robert Gsellman is “very” optimistic he can pitch again for the Mets this season, based on a recent progression in throwing. The right-hander threw about 10 pitches in a bullpen session before the Mets opened a series against the Rockies on Monday and is prepared to repeat the process this week. Gsellman indicated...