New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez needs an MRI on his right thumb after he jammed his hand on a head-first slide into second base against Seattle. Alvarez stayed in the game after his double in the seventh inning.

“The Mets have certainly fallen off our power ratings,” DraftKings ‘ Vegas-based director of sports betting Johnny Avello told The Post in a phone interview. “We just raised them again to 15/1. There’s no betting interest in them right now. Will they even make the playoffs?”

Preview the Aug. 17 matchup between the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

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The Seattle Mariners face the New York Mets in the finale of a 3-game set Sunday in the Little League Classic at Journey Bank Ballpark.

Call it the Ea$t division. Following Rob Manfred’s recent comments about MLB expansion that would lean into Eastern and Western conferences, one often-circulated proposed four-team division would be a heavyweight quartet featuring the Yankees, Mets, Phillies and Red Sox.

The sudden regression of Mark Vientos, paired with the stalled development of Brett Baty and Ronny Mauricio, leaves the Mets without a clear solution to their greatest positional quandry. Luisangel Acuña has not taken a leap.

Mark Vientos hit a three-run homer to the delight of hundreds of cheering 12-year-olds and sent the New York Mets to a 7-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday night in the Major League Baseball Little League Classic.