The most obvious piece of good news for the Mets is they’ll almost surely still make the National League playoffs despite a season tilting decidedly downward since a near-perfect start that seems like a dream now.

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The better news: The Nats and Marlins — two second-division teams that transform into killers against them — will not be among October opponents.

The Mets’ schizophrenic season was neatly encapsulated this week, which went from exciting and enthralling (a three-game whipping of the first-place Phillies) to dreary and downright worrisome (losing three of four games to the feisty Marlins, who had a lot more trouble with the PitchCom device than their gracious Citi Field hosts).

“There’s a lot to like, but there’s also room for improvement. We’ve been inconsistent,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said before the latest debacle vs. the Marlins, a 5-1 defeat, in what qualifies as a fair if somewhat understated summary of a season that could go either way and at any moment.