NEW YORK — on will be nostalgic and bittersweet for the New York Mets. The beginning will serve to remind the Mets of a past they’d thought was buried Mike Piazza Jersey , and how far they have to go to catch a familiar foe.David Wright’s final homestand as a major leaguer is scheduled to begin Tuesday night, when the Mets activate their former All-Star third baseman prior to the opener of a three-game series against the National League East champion Atlanta Braves at Citi Field.The Mets’ Noah Syndergaard (12-4, 3.36 ERA) is scheduled to oppose Braves rookie Touki Toussaint (2-1, 4.30 ERA) in a battle of right-handers.Article continues below ...Both teams were off Monday after earning wins Sunday, when the Braves completed a four-game sweep of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies with a 2-1 victory and the Mets beat the host Washington Nationals, 8-6.The Mets (73-83) took three of four from the Nationals and have gone 41-35 since July 1 to ensure a respectable finish to a season that spiraled out of control during a 5-21 June. But New York will be looking much further back over the final six-game homestand, when Wright will be on the active roster for the first time since May 2016.Wright, who was on a Hall of Fame track before his career was derailed by back, neck and shoulder injuries, is expected to be available as a pinch-hitter before making a final start against the Miami Marlins on Saturday night.“I wouldn’t mind getting him in there and getting him a pinch-hit at-bat when it makes sense in the Braves series,” Mets manager Mickey Callaway told reporters Sunday.While Wright, whose contract runs through 2020, is not expected to officially retire, the 35-year-old said during an emotional press conference Sept. 13 that it’s too painful for him to continue playing baseball.If this is it for Wright, he will end his career with the Mets in the same position they were when he made his debut in 2004 — chasing the Braves (88-68), who clinched their first NL East title since 2013 with a 5-3 win over the Phillies on Saturday.The Braves, of course, set an American professional sports record by winning 14 straight division titles from 1991 through 2005. The Mets finished second or third in the NL East seven times from 1995, Atlanta’s first full season in the NL East, through 2005.The Braves http://www.metsfanproshop.com/authentic-tim-tebow-jersey , who lost at least 90 games in each of the previous three seasons, appeared to be at least a year away from contending, but a mix of elite prospects such as Ronald Acuna Jr. and Ozzie Albies and reliable veterans such as NL Most Valuable Player candidates Freddie Freeman and Nick Markakis vaulted Atlanta back into the playoffs.Now the Braves are focused on tuning up for the playoffs while trying to secure the highest seed possible and homefield advantage in the playoffs. Atlanta entered Monday 3 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs for the top spot in the NL and one game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the race for the second seed.“We’re going to do the best we can to get (a higher seed) within the scope of giving a guy or two a day off next week,” Braves manager Brian Snitker told reporters Sunday.Syndergaard took the loss in his most recent start last Wednesday, when he allowed three runs over four innings as the Mets fell to the Phillies, 4-0. Toussaint earned the win in his fourth career start last Wednesday after surrendering two runs over 5 1/3 innings in the Braves’ 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.Syndergaard is 0-2 with a 4.13 ERA in six career starts against the Braves. Toussaint has never faced the Mets. Gamel Comes to Milwaukee in Exchange for Domingo Santana"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Brewers Rumors and SpeculationConversation StartersWPA Game RecapsTransactionsLatest NewsStatistical AnalysisConversation StartersWhat to expect from Ben GamelNew,116commentsGamel Comes to Milwaukee in Exchange for Domingo Santanathe Yankees. After two stellar seasons with New York’s AAA affiliate Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Gamel was named International League Most Valuable Player for 2016. That year, the younger Gamel brother slashed .308/.365/.420 while hitting 26 doubles and 6 home runs. His 2015 season with the RailRiders might have been even better, with a slash line of .300/.358/.472 along with 28 doubles, 10 home runs, and, interestingly, 14 triples.At the age of 24, the Yankees saw enough to play him in 6 games and give him 8 at-bats in 2016.In 2017, Gamel got his first real shot with the Mariners. He played in 134 games slashing .275/.322/.413 with 11 home runs. That translated to a wRC+ of 100, meaning that Gamel was ultimately a league-average hitter during his rookie year.Starting the 2018 season with an oblique injury (a notoriously difficult injury to have for a hitter), Gamel opened in the minors on a rehab assignment that extended until the middle of May. The 44 year old Ichiro Suzuki and Guillermo Heredia played April and into May. In late May, the Mariners were winning a lot of close games and believed they were in the hunt for a playoff run. Striking well before the non-waiver trade deadline, Dipoto made a deal with Tampa Bay to bring veteran Denard Span to Seattle http://www.metsfanproshop.com/authentic-tim-tebow-jersey , which essentially put Gamel into a platoon with Span. Closer to the trade deadline, Dipoto traded for Cameron Maybin. So going into August, Seattle had Gamel, Heredia, Span, Maybin, and Mitch Haniger in the outfield. With so many outfield options and with a significant stretch of facing left-handed starting pitchers, Gamel was sent to AAA Tacoma even though he was hitting close to .300 at the time. Once he came back to Seattle, Span had established himself as the everyday left fielder, so he served more as a pinch hitter and spot starter.David Stearns said that Domingo Santana’s 2018 performance was, at least in part, due to being a victim of circumstances. The same could be said of Ben Gamel. The circumstances of 2018 resulted in reduced playing time (and quite possibly development) for the rest of the season. In 2018, Gamel slashed .272/.358/.370 with only 1 home run. However, he only had 293 at-bats as opposed to 550 in 2017. Interestingly, according to wRC+, Gamel was an above average hitter in 2018 (108 wRC+). As with Santana, there is quite possibly more to come, but in a different way. And that way may be specifically beneficial to the Brewers.Gamel is certainly more beneficial to the Brewers in terms of control. He still has one more minor option remaining, which Stearns would definitely see as a value add. He also has one more year of club control remaining than Santana, who is arbitration-eligible for the first time this winter. Letting Santana go had to hurt. He could be a formidable player and has previously demonstrated that already in 2017. But Gamel fits what the Brewers need right now. Gamel is competent in all three outfield positions and can play first base if needed Neil Walker Jersey , too. Positional and optional flexibility certainly makes Gamel attractive, though it seems that he is mediocre defensively. In 2017, Gamel had an UZR of 1.7, and in 2018 he had an UZR of -0.4. That means he is basically a league-average outfielder in terms of defense (slightly above in 2017 and slightly below in 2018). But he does make some highlight reel plays, which makes him an enjoyable player to watch, and might be indicative of a hard-nosed, gritty, energetic player that would fit Milwaukee perfectly.As mentioned above, this gritty outfielder is a league average hitter. Unsurprisingly, ZIPS projections have Gamel’s 2019 season looking like something similar to 2017 and 2018. He is forecasted to slash .267/.331/.413 with just 9 home runs and carry a 1.3 WAR.That is actually not a terrible line for what amounts to the fourth outfielder on this team.With Ryan Braun’s injuries and age, Gamel is also a solid bet to play substantial time in his place, and he will be there if Lorenzo Cain or Christian Yelich go down. He figures to hit and defend competently. He is going to make contact. He will run the bases well. And he will be a left-handed option to utilize off the bench or in appropriate matchups. If you squint hard enough and think positive thoughts, you can even see something more than an average major league player. And that might come from some of the intangibles he seems to possess.Ben Gamel seems like the type of player that “Johnny Hustle” would be his cup of tea. He does not have the grace of Cain and Yelich, but he will get after it and be a spark plug for this team. As a result, he may just become a fan favorite in the city of Milwaukee, and he appears to be in line to play a substantial role for the Brewers in 2019 and quite possibly beyond.Statistics courtesy of Fangraphs