Tom Brennan - PICTURE YOURSELF IN A BOAT ON CITIFIELD RIVER

"Picture yourself in a boat on a river", the Beatles once sang. 

Now picture yourself after Sunday’s season finale with no Tangerine trees and Marshmallow skies. 

But now the hypnotists asks you to imagine back further, back in January, and imagine you’re a millionaire, and baby, you love to make outlandish bets.

What if someone sidled up to you and asked you to make a million to one bet that Thor, Matz, Porcello, Wacha, and Stroman would combine to have just two wins in 2020. 

"How outlandish is that?" you'd think. "How absurd."

You'd then think to yourself, “Syndergaard and Stroman should combine for about 27 wins, Stevie Wonder should rack up about 10 wins, and Porcello and Wacha should combine for about 13 wins, for a total of 50."  Conservatively, you think.

Sure, somebody in that group could get injured.  But injuries or poor performances, no matter what, how could those five guys total just 2 wins? 

So you're no fool - 2 wins in the bet, you think 50 - so you delightedly take the bet. 

Then this dude asked you to take a second meshuga bet. 

The bet is him adding the 2020 win total of 2 time Cy Young winner Jake de Grom to those five pitchers, and betting that David Peterson (even though in January, he is not even expected to make the opening day roster) would have as many wins as all six of those pitchers combined in 2020. 

Well, you think that that was an even crazier offer to bet than the first bet, so you take that bet, too.

So, bet you did, and the bettor emptied out his wallet but fortunately for you, he only had 20 bucks, so he put down 10 bucks on each wager.   Going for broke.

And how fortunate for you, as it turns out, that he only had 20 bucks - because he’ll be walking away with 20 million bucks. 

Why? Because the impossible happened. Twice. 

Those first 5 guys did only win 2.

And those same 5 hurlers plus deGrom deGreat won a total of just 6, and Peterson, well, he won 6 all by himself.

Pay up, buddy boy.

Suddenly, the girl with kaleidoscope eyes walks by. 

It has to be a dream, right? 

More like a Mets nightmare.  

Some nightmares really do happen.

You can bet on it.