Another comeback win for Mets, but do rotation concerns increase?

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The New York Mets are concerned enough about Matt Harvey that they attempted to hold a quasi-secret 25-minute session off the main Citi Field mound on Saturday. Should they have some concerns about Jacob deGrom too?

The bats (sans an ailing Lucas Duda), and the bullpen (with impressive work from Hansel Robles and Addison Reed), bailed deGrom out Saturday, as the Mets rallied from 4-1 down to tie the Brewers on Yoenis Cespedes’ home run and win 5-4 on David Wright’s walk-off hit.

Jacob deGrom’s five-inning start against the Brewers is something the Mets should be concerned with. Andy Marlin/USA TODAY Sports

It was their first walk-off win since last July 31, when Wilmer Flores hit his “tears of joy” home run to beat the Nationals. Cespedes’ 31 home runs since last Aug. 1 are one shy of the major-league lead (amazingly shared by Khris Davis and Chris Davis). Wright’s eight walk-off hits are the most in Mets history. He snapped a tie with Rusty Staub, Kevin McReynolds and Ed Kranepool and bounced back from being booed after striking out for the 50th time this season.

There was plenty of jubilation to go with the Mets’ second straight comeback win. But deGrom’s so-so start still loomed as a little …

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