Danny Knobler | Special to ESPNNewYork.com 10y

So, who's on third?

NEW YORK -- The one thing that's certain is that David Wright won't be playing third base for the New York Mets for the rest of this season.

But who will be?

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"Lots of discussions have to take place," Mets manager Terry Collins said, after the team announced Wright's shutdown at the end of a 2-0 Tuesday night win over the Colorado Rockies.

The Mets basically have two options: Eric Campbell played third base Tuesday, as he has for almost all the games Wright has missed this season. The Mets could simply opt to have him play there for the final 17 games, as well.

The other possibility would be to move Daniel Murphy to third base, and to give 20-year-old Dilson Herrera more starts at second base. Murphy was a third baseman in the minor leagues, but he hasn't played there since 2011, when he started 25 games at third.

On a roll: The Mets' win Tuesday night was their sixth in the past seven games, and pulled them to within five games of .500 for the first time since Aug. 11. The Mets are now 5½ games out of a playoff spot, which means they're as close to the playoffs as the New York Yankees.

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