Checking in on the Tabloid Cover Derby, which is about two and a half months away. The covers for 2019 are still accumulating, of course, but we're already guaranteed a lengthier Derby than we had in 2017, and we're closing in on 2018. If the Mets, as we hope, play deep into October, we can challenge the totals from 2015 and 2016. (Note: For the first time, the Tabloid Cover Derby will be using a fiscal year. Covers late from late November 2018 and the entire month of December, which missed last year's cutoff, will be eligible for the 2019 competition.) [th]Year[/th][th]Daily News[/th][th]New York Post[/th][th]Newsday[/th][th]Total Covers[/th][th]First-Round Polls[/th]2015135124110369322016150117114381322017835867208162018114818427922201991907125220[th]Totals[/th][th]573[/th][th]470[/th][th]446[/th][th]1489[/th][th]122[/th]