tweet: #Mets magic number to clinch the NL East is now 9!  Notable Mets No. 9s  Jim Hickman (62-65) J.C. Martin (68-69) George Theodore (73-74) Joe Torre (75-81) Gregg Jefferies (87-91) Todd Hundley (92-98) Todd Zeile (00-01) Kirk Nieuwenhuis (12-15)  Currently by Brandon Nimmo (16-22)