As Colin Martin of SNY noted, catcher Luis Torrens said shortly after the New York Mets completed a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals on Sunday that he and his Mets teammates are "just going out there and having fun" amid New York's unexpected run of form. 

The struggling Mets fired then-manager Carlos Mendoza in late June, and New York turned to senior vice president of player development Andy Green to serve as the club's interim manager. Most recently, the Mets won nine of 12 games to improve to 56-69 following Sunday's MLB action. For a newsletter published on Monday, Anthony DiComo of the league's website spoke with Green about the skipper's future. 

Has Andy Green already decided his future with the Mets?

"We have [almost] two months of the baseball season left," Green told DiComo. "I want to do some special things here, and that is as far as my vision and field go right now. When I came into this role, I came in with the expectation that I would transition back to my old role [as senior vice president of player development]. I wouldn’t point in any other direction. So for [almost] two months, I’m locked in on making this as good as possible." 

Reports throughout the summer have said that Green will not be a candidate for the Mets' full-time managerial job later this fall. That said, one wonders if big-spending Mets owner Steve Cohen would ask Green to interview for the gig if the club flirts with getting back to .500 at some point before the regular season comes to an end in late September.

Why have Mets played so much better since the trade deadline?

Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns largely dismantled the team's bullpen ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline, but those who stayed with the Mets seem to be playing looser, more relaxed and with an energy that was lacking as the club fell to the basement of the division standings. 

"I think the group is confident and resilient," Green responded when asked why the Mets have played better since Aug. 4. "I think part of that is we are trying to set a foundation for what we are trying to do going forward – not looking backward. We can’t fix the first four months of the season. You can only dominate the last two. I think the guys have collectively taken that mindset and said, 'There is good baseball to be played, and we should go play it.'" 

Star outfielder Juan Soto hasn't played for the Mets since July 24 due to a left calf strain, and there seems to be a decent chance he won't return to the lineup this season. Nevertheless, Green's squad has given Mets fans reasons to still watch games amid what likely will be a lost campaign for the franchise. 

"We haven’t played perfect baseball," Green added about the Mets. "Every game, there is a mistake that is made. Instead of that mistake feeling fatal, we have accepted it as part of playing baseball. You don’t play perfectly. You have the mindset that that is not going to sink us. We are going to win a baseball game."

The Mets will next start a three-game home series against the San Diego Padres (67-58) on Monday evening.