I took a few days offline, and the Mets continued to roll, many thanks to all players named Carlos — as well as David.

Thanks to an easy 7-1 win in Phoenix in the series opener Thursday, which was followed by another offensive outburst in Friday’s 10-6 win — and that’s in addition to a pair of losses by the Phillies to the Fighting Nats — the Mets’ magic number shrunk to double-digits at…

 

97.

That’s the lowest total in the bigs, as is their 5 1/2-game bulge over Philly in the NL East.

With 37 wins after 60, the Mets are on pace to win a cool 99.9 games.

PS: Kaz — we hardly knew ye, and yet what we did know drove us nuts. Good luck at Colorado Springs.