In the Daily News, columnist Bill Madden asks, 'Which is the real Mets ' the version that swept the Braves in the opening series, and won two of three against the Citizens Bank bullies? Or the Metsian Mets who were outscored 23-9 in their final two games in Atlanta this week?'
According to Madden, baseball experts feel the Mets are some place in the middle.
Matthew Cerrone: They started hot at 6-2, and have since gone 1-3. This is the Mets, I think. Thankfully, I'm used to it, and you probably are as well. You know the deal: There are moments and streaks of joy and overconfidence, followed by moments and streaks of doom, gloom and no confidence. Frankly, that's baseball during a 162-game, six-month season, and I've come to enjoy the drama and emotional swings.
I fully expect the Mets to rebound, win a bunch of games soon, get my hopes up, and then go 2-6 so I can re-write this exact post in the middle of May. But, roughly above or below .500 is what a lot of fans expected, myself included. This is why tonight and these next seven games are a bigger deal'
The Mets have played well at home. 5-2 would be great this next week, but even 4-3 would put them at 11-7 closing in on the end of the month. I think most fans and players would have signed up for that when leaving St. Lucie. I still believe that ' the more this group of young players win early ' the more they'll begin to buy in to their success and it could become a 'thing,' which keeps building on its momentum as confidence rises, fans get louder and the national media takes notice. I hope it happens. However, if they lose tonight, drop both series and sink below .500, we, they and everyone else will likely begin to question potential and assume the haters were right'
Tonight is big step toward better of these two directions.
To read Madden's three dark and sunny story lines so far, check out this report in the Daily News.
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