The Mets have climbed out of the National League cellar with their not-awful play this week, passing San Diego and division-rival Miami. If they can surpass Cincinnati, now only a half game ahead, they will have reached the top of the NL's lower class — the leper with the most fingers, as Jake Gittes once said. If that should come to pass, set your sights on Washington, who would likely take a long slog to catch, currently sitting seven games ahead of our protagonists, but the Mets could visit next week with real stakes on the line!