1. Conforto Comfortable Leading Off

The Mets might have found their new leadoff hitter with Jose Reyes slumping. Michael Conforto led off for Friday’s and Sunday’s games against the Nationals and went 5-for-8 (.625) with two leadoff home runs, a walk, and three runs scored. He is now hitting .361/.432/.722 on the season and .438/.526/1.000 in the leadoff spot.

2. Wheeler Found His Groove

After Daniel Murphy launched a grand slam with one out in the first inning, it appeared it might be a rough outing for Zack Wheeler. Instead, Wheeler settled in and dominated the Nationals from that point forward. He only gave up one hit over the next 6 2/3 innings. It’s another positive step in Wheeler’s return from Tommy John surgery.

3. No One Else Got Hurt

Travis d’Arnaud was active as he pinch hit three times, but still can’t throw. Terry Collins wanted Yoenis Cespedes to pinch hit in all three games of the series, but he never made an appearance. He was, however, on deck as the tying run when the Mets lost Sunday night.

Asdrubal Cabrera appeared in all three games, and each time he did anything, he looked like he wasn’t going to be able to walk off the field under his own power. Somehow he managed to not injure himself further and no one else on the Mets got hurt.

3 DOWN

1. Roster Mismanagement

The Mets put Lucas Duda and Wilmer Flores on the disabled list, but that’s it, leaving behind a weak and limited bench. Each night, the Mets are asking d’Arnaud if he can catch and Cespedes if he can pinch hit. During the series, d’Arnaud didn’t catch, and Cespedes didn’t hit.

The injuries forced the call-up of Kevin Plawecki who still can’t hit. This in turn leaves Collins deciding if T.J. Rivera or Jose Reyes should be the back-up middle infield option while also serving as the backup outfield option. This also has forced the Mets to play Jay Bruce at first.

Sooner or later, playing with a bench that short will come back and bite the Mets. That raises the question as to how long until a hobbling Cabrera finally breaks down. And when that happens, then what? The Mets play with no one on the bench who can play the middle infield?

2. Not Winning With Their Best Starters

The Mets have seen almost two full turns through the rotation, and the team has lost the games started by Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, and Matt Harvey. If the Mets can’t win those games, they’re in real trouble, especially with the lack of run support Mets batters provide on a nightly basis.

3. Wheeler had the highest batting average in lower half of lineup

Wheeler started Sunday’s game hitting .167 and had the highest average of the last five hitters in the Mets’ lineup on Sunday. The last five batters of the lineup were Curtis Granderson, Jose Reyes, Kevin Plawecki, and Juan Lagares, all of whom had lower batting averages than the starting pitcher. Those batters combined to go 1-for-14 Sunday.

Zack Wheeler, who is 1-for-8 with a double, has a better OPS (.472) than Curtis Granderson (.459), T.J. Rivera (.350), Jose Reyes (.324), and Juan Lagares (.311). Take from that information what you will.