New York Mets

For a terrifying moment Wednesday, the New York Mets fanbase held its collective breath. Yoenis Cespedes—the trade-deadline acquisition who jolted New York's moribund offense and propelled the Amazins to a division title—was doubled over in agony, clutching his left hand.

New York Mets infielder Wilmer Flores left Wednesday night's game against the Philadelphia Phillies with a back issue, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com.

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New York Mets center fielder Yoenis Cespedes was hit on the left hand by a pitch from Philadelphia Phillies hurler Justin De Fratus in the third inning of Wednesday night's game.

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New York Mets first baseman Lucas Duda tied a franchise record during Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, joining Dave Kingman (1976) and Carlos Delgado (2008) as the only three players in franchise history to record seven multi-home run games in the same season, per ESPN Stats & Info.

Buckle up, fans of the New York Mets. Your team is about to take you on a World Series ride.

This wasn't supposed to happen. Not this year. Not this group. Not this manager. Anybody who tells you that he predicted back in March that the 2015 Mets would win the National League East is probably lying to your face. Even supposed Mets “homers” weren't allowing themselves to get caught up in any hype at the end of last winter.

Fact: The New York Mets are National League East champions for the first time since 2006. 

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The New York Mets clinched the National League East on Saturday with a 10-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. It's the team's first division crown since 2006.

MLB on Fox tweeted out the news:

The biggest knock against the New York Mets' Travis d'Arnaud—and it's a doozy—is that he's spent too much time on the disabled list for a guy in just his second full big league season. 

The good news? That's basically the only knock against him.

Yoenis Cespedes has been a driving force behind the New York Mets' march toward the playoffs, but the looming postseason isn't stopping the 29-year-old from thinking about his upcoming free agency. 

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NEW YORK — Read the back pages of this city's tabloids, and you'd never know New York has two baseball teams headed for the playoffs.

One team makes the headlines every day. The other has been featured one time fewer than a football team that plays 200 miles northeast of here.