You can wallow in anguish. You can curse. You can go back and look at all the blown games from this bullpen if you’re a Mets fan.

Or, you can look at these past seven games, against the Orioles and Padres. Point to the four wins and three losses. The current 10-game minefield, which continues with three games against rampaging Diamondbacks in Arizona this week, was supposed to be a death knell to the Mets’ playoff hopes. Instead, they have played some of their best baseball of this season, and remain well within striking distance of the playoffs, 2.5 games behind the Braves for the last NL wild-card spot.

After the Mets’ gut punch of a loss to the Padres on Sunday when they blew a two-run lead in the final two innings, you can take the glass half-empty or glass half-full approach. Both would be understandable.

The Mets could be in a much better position. They also could be worse off. The Braves, remember, have a difficult seven-game road trip coming up with three against the Twins and four against the Phillies. They were fortunate to take two of three at home over the weekend over the playing-out-the-string Nationals. And despite splitting four games with the Padres, the Mets have reasons to be optimistic. Jose Quintana, the weak link in the Mets’ rotation, turned in his best start in quite some time. Luis Severino, Sean Manaea and David Peterson are all hitting their stride at the right time.