While the Mets continue to play the month of September with no hopes of a playoff spot, the team has shifted its hopes into another issue regarding the club: their future.

The team, as detailed by Mike Puma of the New York Post, is hopeful that some of their answers, long-term, are going to come from within. One of those (Brandon Nimmo) has been producing all season and will, without a doubt, get to start regularly get to start in 2019.

Nimmo was a borderline All-Star candidate in the first half and for the year has .270/.390/.507 slash line with 16 home runs and 43 RBI to give him a .897 OPS this season.

Mickey Callaway compared him to Max Muncy, as a late bloomer that developed and surprised the team this year.

“To get where you want to get some guys have to step up. I think you see that in teams that maybe have great seasons, so I think that is always going to be important for guys to step up and maybe blossom a little bit earlier or blossom earlier than you thought they could.”

That statement could also apply to Jeff McNeil, who has been phenomenal since being called up in July, is hitting .318/.385/.457 with two home runs, 12 RBI, nine walks, and only 13 strikeouts in 129 at-bats.

Callaway sees significant improvement from McNeil this season, that has come largely due to improved health that has finally allowed him to get the necessary reps to do so.

“I think Jeff McNeil can continue to improve every day, especially on defense and at turning two, which I think he’s done a great job at. As he gets more and more comfortable in the major leagues maybe some of that power shows up and he can maybe hit 15 to 20 [homers] for you.”

The skipper went on to further refer to McNeil and Amed Rosario together, believing that they are both still improving.

“Those are two potential candidates of the things we are talking about. They both have the ability to do more than they are even doing now. I think Rosie has one of the highest ceilings in all the major leagues from what we see.”

Rosario, 22, struggled mightily with the bat in the first half as he hit .246/.289/.379 with four home runs and 23 RBI.

However, Rosario has been hitting in the leadoff spot for much of the last month and has hit .302/.336/.442 with three home runs, 16 RBI, and 22 runs scored in that span. He also has tapped into his speed in the second half as he has stolen nine bases in his last 13 attempts since the start of August to give him 18 on the year.

Meanwhile, the club is even confident in Travis d’Arnaud, which is surprising given the fact that many view him as a non-tender candidate coming off Tommy John Surgery with only one year of club control left.

“He’s going to stay healthy one of these seasons.”

D’Arnaud, 29, has appeared in 397 games over six seasons in his career so far slashing .245/.306/.406 with 47 home runs and 162 RBI. His best season, by far, came during the Mets World Series run in 2015, in which he hit .268/.340/.485 with 12 home runs and 41 RBI. Due to injuries, though, he managed to only play in 67 regular season games.

It remains to be seen what the Mets will do with d’Arnaud moving forward, but the Mets see at least part of the team’s future already residing in Flushing.