He’s not this good, of course. If Evans had enough at-bats to qualify, his park- and league-adjusted 146 OPS+ would be good for 11th best in the National League — an upper-echelon run producer. But of course if Evans had enough at-bats to qualify, he probably wouldn’t maintain this level of excellence. Exciting as it is, this is a tiny sample.

Still, what can we take from Evans’ awesome late-season surge? For one, if he keeps up anything close to this pace for the rest of the season it’s hard to imagine he’ll be able to move so free and easy through waivers moving forward. Plus, if he keeps this up for the rest of the season, it’s hard to imagine the Mets would want to demote him anyway.

For another, if he maintains something close to this level of production, the Mets have to add him to their growing list of good-looking young hitters whose bats merit regular plate appearances but who lack an obvious position to play. If Ike Davis is healthy and back as the team’s everyday first baseman in 2012, the Mets will have Daniel Murphy, Lucas Duda and possibly Evans vying for jobs at uncomfortable or unfamiliar spots.

This is a discussion for the offseason, really, when we have more time to think about it, a better sense of what players the Mets will pursue, and more evidence to show how Duda and Evans will hit in the Majors.

I know I keep coming back to this, but it’s hard to think about the Mets’ crop of decent young bats and not look at the not-decent and not-young bat they trot out to left field almost every day.

Jason Bay is likely to play better defense than all those guys, but if he keeps hitting the way he has been this year it’s easy to envision a scenario in which one or several of the homegrown guys can more than make up the difference on offense.