WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Down in Fort Myers, the Red Sox face enough questions to fill a Supreme Court confirmation hearing. A glass-half-full Yankees fan can dream on such schadenfreude.

Mets fans, however, should look away from The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.

Oh sure, the Nationals sport a modest 10-10 Grapefruit League record after defeating the Braves here, 3-1, on Tuesday afternoon. Everyone knows you don’t grade a veteran team on its exhibition wins and losses. Far more important, the defending National League East champions entered this camp with questions, and perhaps the two most important ones have been answered in encouraging fashion.

A closer? They possess an array of attractive options.

Bryce Harper? Looks like a world-beater again.

The Nats failed to re-sign All-Star closer Mark Melancon, whom they acquired at last year’s non-waivers trade deadline — the right-hander signed a four-year, $62 million agreement with the Giants. The Nationals made failed runs at free-agent closers Aroldis Chapman, who returned to the Yankees, and Kenley Jansen, who stuck with the Dodgers. So they went the economical route, and with Opening Day less than two weeks away, they like what they wrought.

“There was a lot of anxiety, except for us here,” Washington general manager Mike Rizzo said. “We felt all along that if we can get one of the elite guys, we should go after them. And when we didn’t, we felt comfortable where we were. We think that we’ve got two or three candidates that can handle the job because of their stuff and their makeup and their demeanor.”

[mlbvideo id=”1232279183″ width=”400″ height=”224″ /]

One of those, former Yankee Shawn Kelley, pitched a scoreless seventh inning Tuesday to pick up the win and lower his preseason ERA to 1.59 in five games totaling 5 ²/₃ innings. Free-agent signee Joe Blanton has allowed one run in three innings over three appearances, striking out five and walking one. Right-hander Blake Treinen, who pitched very effectively last year, has thrown three scoreless innings in three games.

Rookie Koda Glover, selected in the eighth round of the 2015 amateur draft, has a 1.13 ERA in eight major league outings totaling eight innings, striking out 11 and walking one. Though he is unlikely to be named the closer, he has earned a spot in the late-game mix after pitching in 16 games last year.

“He has the stuff to eventually be there, whether he’s ready or not now,” manager Dusty Baker said of Glover, who will turn 24 in April. Baker said that Glover, whose fastball averaged 96.6 mph last year (thanks, Fangraphs), reminded him of a young Joe Nathan. The actual Nathan, 42, is trying to make the team, too, and has a 3.00 ERA in nine games (nine innings).

“I don’t care,” Glover said of his role. “At the end of the day, I’m just here to play baseball and help the team win. I’d like to have some jewelry, so that’s our goal and that’s our mission.”

Jewelry will be far more attainable if Harper, one of the game’s most recognizable players in the post-Jeter/A-Rod era, plays more like his 2015 self, when he won NL Most Valuable Player honors with 42 homers and a .330/.460/.649 slash line, than last year, when he dropped all the way to 24 homers and .243/.373/.441.

Even after going 0-for-4 Tuesday, Harper has a .282/.391/.795 slash line, with six homers in 39 at-bats.

[mlbvideo id=”1243848183″ width=”600″ height=”340″ /]

“I see calmness. He’s ready, to me,” Baker said. “I think he’s ready to start the season right now. Probably more than anybody else.”

Harper looks markedly different now than he did at the end of last year, Baker observed.

You can find concern here if you search. Adam Eaton, the center fielder for whom the Nationals gave up big prospects in a trade with the White Sox, has a .220/.214/.341 slash line.

“He still needs some work,” Baker said, and the skipper feels the same about former Met Daniel Murphy, who tallied just six at-bats for Team USA in the first two rounds of the World Baseball Classic.

Overall, though? This Nationals team has enjoyed a good spring. The Mets can win this division. But they’ve gained no head start.