The Mets will wrap up their series with the Pirates on Sunday before embarking on a homestand that will see the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees come to town. Both of those clubs are projected to make the playoffs,

PITTSBURGH — From deciding to meet to dead meat, the Mets’ weekend by the Three Rivers couldn’t have proceeded much worse. Rule No.1 for players-only meetings is generally to hold them a night before your ace is scheduled to pitch. But the Mets barely have five pitchers to fill out a starting rotation these days, never mind an ace.