There are players having some pretty good individual seasons based on general statistics. If you dig deep into the modern data and critical sabermetrics, even those having good statistical seasons are not doing as well as it might appear.

The good news is that players like Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor, and Soto have not let up and have continued piling the stats on their good seasons. Brandon Nimmo and players like Mark Vientos and Brett Baty have gotten hot and have been more consistent. The better news is that the young starting pitchers, the prospects, Nolan McLean, Jonah Tong, and now Brandon Sproat, have finally arrived. And if Francisco Alvarez can have a return and be productive, the Mets just might make a substantial run deep into the post season.

What makes the Mets chances even better, even without a real well-constructed roster, is that every other team is in the exact same position. There IS no dominant team. And even the Dodgers, which everyone looked at as some juggernaut, is not the team with the best record in the Major Leagues. They don’t even have the best record in the National League. In fact, until recently when the Padres lost 8 of 10 games, they didn’t even have the best record in the Western Division.

With so many teams, the talent is spread thin. And with so many more teams eligible to make the post season, any teams on the edge are not likely to be sellers at the deadline, as they don’t want to appear to be throwing in the towel and giving up on the season. So teams that would, in the past, be looking to rebuild, are standing pat, making the resources to add less bountiful.

The Mets are not heading down the stretch with a well-constructed roster. But, neither is any other team. So as long as the Mets continue to win and not suffer any more extended losing streaks, they should emerge from an up and down regular season with as good a chance as any to have a successful post season run.