What would a combined roster of the Yankees and Mets look like?

The controversial question is worth asking as the crosstown rivals get set to clash Tuesday night in the opener of their two-game Subway Series at Citi Field (7:10 p.m. ET, YES, SNY, TBS).

They <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/06/24/sports/this-subway-series-is-the-same-borough-battle-with-a-different-feel/">enter the series with dramatically different momentum</a> — the Mets (37-39) have won 13 of their past 17 games to surge <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/06/25/sports/can-mets-beat-crowded-field-of-potential-nl-wild-card-teams/">within 1.5 games of a National League wild-card spot</a> while the Yankees (52-28) <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/06/24/sports/subway-series-a-chance-for-yankees-to-reset-amid-rough-patch/">have lost three straight series</a> and four of their past five.

But zoom out and their records remain far apart.

Let’s take a look at how the two teams stack up at each position and put together the optimal New York roster.{ai:summary}<p>Yankees and Mets face off in Subway Series with differing momentum. Yankees struggling, Mets on wild-card hunt. #sports</p>

Let’s build the all-Subway Series roster with this season’s best Yankees and Mets

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