The children shall lead the Mets — either into the promised land of October or despair.
With their season on the brink, the Mets are handing the ball to three kids — after Jonah Tong flopped in Friday’s 8-3 loss to the Rangers will come Brandon Sproat and Nolan McLean in what has become a series critical to their playoff hopes.
The fate of a roughly $340 million roster filled with stars will be significantly decided by three young pitchers who entered this weekend with a total of eight major league starts.
Pretty crazy, right?