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Too. Many. Points. You’ll see those three words mentioned several times. Picking games against the spread (ATS) is always difficult, but Week 1 is a different beast. There’s so much unknown. It pays to back underdogs early, as some spreads could be off by a couple of points. Underdogs went…

BUFFALO AT L.A. RAMS

The Mets are supposed to be in a brief cakewalk portion of their schedule with the Colorado Rockies between the Yankees earlier this week and next week’s visit by the Dodgers.

NEW YORK — Oswaldo Cabrera drifted back to the warning track in right field, was stopped by the wall, then jumped straight up to rob the Blue Jays' Lourdes Gurriel Jr. of a home run on the first pitch of Friday night's game.

ATLANTA — Consider the Mets ready for the Max Scherzer/Jacob deGrom portion of their week.

ATLANTA — The Mets received a 13-1 Atlanta thrashing on Monday night in a game that featured DH/first baseman Darin Ruf pitching two scoreless innings, included a nearly hourlong rain delay and did not end until 11:33 p.m. And that might not have even been the worst part of their…

NEW YORK — Zach Wilson’s season is not over. There is even hope that the Jets quarterback could be back on the field for the regular-season opener in four weeks.

NEW YORK — These days, the alleged dog days, against good teams and bad, in games with heightened importance to the postseason race and throwaway midweek series, no matter the quality of the opposing starting pitcher, the Mets have turned the diamond at Citi Field into their own personal merry-go-around.

NEW YORK — Carlos Carrasco and the recent heatwave have both been oppressive of late, the Mets righthander on opposing hitters and the weather on the rest of us. One finally broke Tuesday night. You can turn down your air conditioner a bit now.