Getting away from Citi Field might be just what the New York Mets need to turn the 2017 season around.

[graphiq id=”4nYXWF1c621″ title=”New York Mets 2017 Schedule” width=”600″ height=”303″ url=”https://sw.graphiq.com/w/4nYXWF1c621″ frozen=”true”] Positive thoughts have been hard to come by in Flushing this season, and after dropping the first three games of a four-game series against Washington, you couldn’t blame the most devout Mets fan feel disheartened.

But contrary to public opinion, all is not lost for the Mets. We saw evidence of that Sunday when Jacob deGrom shut down the Washington Nationals with both his arm and his bat.