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Even though the New York Mets are returning home for the World Series in a 2-0 hole against the Kansas City Royals, they have lost just one playoff game at Citi Field in 2015. 

Odds are not in New York's favor to win the World Series, as no team has won the Fall Classic after dropping the first two games since the 1996 New York Yankees. 

Boston Red Sox pitcher Brian Johnson, who made his Major League Baseball debut in July, was the victim of a carjacking in Florida on Friday. 

Mets captain David Wright picked a great time to snap out of his long funk and return to form. Even if it was a brief flash of his former grandeur, Wright’s two-run home run and two-run single helped the Mets creep back into the series with a Game 3 victory and cut the World Series deficit to 2-1.

The Kansas City Royals are just two wins away from capturing the 2015 World Series title, but to pad their lead, they must now leave the comforting confines of Kauffman Stadium for the hostile stronghold that is the New York Mets' Citi

The Kansas City Royals won Game 1 by orchestrating another comeback. They won Game 2 by slowly and methodically wearing out New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom with patience and constant contact at the plate while Johnny Cueto threw a complete-game gem.

The Kansas City Royals may have found the blueprint to counter the New York Mets' strong pitching: Hit the ball anywhere and hope for the best.

Through two games of the 2015 World Series, the Royals have done just that. After a thrilling Game 1 that went late into the Kansas City night, the Royals' bats came alive in Game 2 as the American League champs took a 2-0 lead with a 7-1 win on Wednesday.

The World Series may be in full swing, but it's never too early to look ahead to the offseason. Over the next few slides, we'll identify a handful of teams that need significant makeovers to contend in 2016. 

The teams highlighted in this slideshow aren't cellar-dwellers with slim chances at a playoff push next season. We chose teams that entered the 2015 season with high expectations only to falter and miss the postseason after disappointing campaigns. 

Now, all of those teams face crucial decisions this winter if they want to erase the painful memories of 2015.

The New York Mets were within two outs of winning Game 1 of the World Series on the road. Instead, an Alex Gordon ninth-inning home run highlighted a Kansas City Royals comeback victory, and they followed it with a blowout triumph in Game 2.