The Nationwide League playoff image has been reshaped by a pair of leads to getaway day matinees. With the Atlanta Braves’ loss (16-7 to the Milwaukee Brewers) and the New York Mets’ win (9-1 over the Colorado Rockies), the Braves have seen their half-game lead flip right into a half-game deficit for the third and closing wild-card spot.
In flip, the Braves could be on the surface wanting in for the primary time since 2017 if the playoffs began tomorrow.
The Braves, who had been six video games forward of the Mets getting into July 9, are actually within the midst of a five-game dropping streak. Atlanta is 2-5 in August in consequence, and is now 7-12 within the second half. The Mets, conversely, have now raced to a 12-8 begin to the second half.
Neither group is a severe menace for the Nationwide League East crown at this level. Though the Philadelphia Phillies have scuffled as of late, they entered Thursday with a 7 1/2-game lead that doubles as the biggest held by any present division chief.
The Braves will start a three-city, 10-game west-coast street journey with matchups looming towards the Rockies, San Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Angels. The Mets, contrariwise, will wrap up their very own street journey with three towards the Seattle Mariners earlier than returning house to start a nine-game homestand with visits from the Oakland Athletics, Miami Marlins, and the Baltimore Orioles.
In accordance with FanGraphs’ knowledge, the Braves entered Thursday with a slightly softer schedule the remainder of the way in which: their opponents had received 48.6% of their video games this season, versus the Mets’ foes successful 49.9% of their video games.
It is value noting that the Braves and Mets will play three extra video games towards one another earlier than the common season ends, with these coming in Atlanta through the closing week. There’s nonetheless a variety of baseball to be performed between every now and then, however there is a distinct chance these video games find yourself figuring out which of those golf equipment makes the postseason. To make issues extra attractive, the winner of that sequence will stroll away with the season sequence — and the decisive tiebreaker, ought to it come to that.
