Players of the Week: McNeil Turns It Around

The second half of baseball is officially underway with the All-Star break in the rearview mirror. The Mets opened up their second half down in Vice City to take on the Miami Marlins for a four-game series, where they dropped two of the first three games to the team currently with the worst record in the National League.

It was not the spark they had hoped to carry over from the end to their first half, yet they still hold the third and final wild card position in the National League—tied...