#Shortstop pizza series#
The NLDS matchup will likely have the Braves facing the winner of the Cardinals/Phillies best-of-three wildcard series while the winner of the Mets/Padres wildcard series gets the pleasure of playing the seemingly unbeatable Los Angeles Dodgers. The defending World Series champions have given themselves a first-round bye in the new MLB playoff format, meaning they won’t play until the National League Division Series (best-of-five) begins on October 11. Now, let’s hope the fun continues through October and (potentially) into November. Winning five of your final six games against your biggest rival while outscoring the Mets 42-19 in those games? Well, that seems like a blast. We’re just trying to play the game of baseball and have fun with it.”įun? Well, winning 70% of your games over 100+ games does seem awfully fun. “Pulling on the same rope, having each other’s backs and not trying to do too much. “It just didn’t go our way early in the year,” said Atlanta catcher Travis d’Arnaud after Sunday night’s 5-3 win over the Mets. From June 1 through October 2, the Braves put together a record of 76-32 (.704) while New York was 63-44 (.589) over that same stretch. On June 1, the Mets held a comfortable 10.5 game advantage in the division and Atlanta fans were thinking more about Freddie Freeman than anything else. New York didn’t choke this one away, although that’s always a pleasing narrative for Atlanta fans. The Braves absolutely stole the division from the Mets.
By the time New York was swept, the Braves had a 98% chance at winning the division.
The Mets had a 79% chance to win the NL East entering the weekend series in Atlanta, according to Fan Graphs. I will be the first to raise a hand and take responsibility for jinxing them.īefore we look ahead to what’s next for Atlanta, let’s take a moment to appreciate what this team has done just to arrive at this point. If one of those things did not happen.if the Braves enter the playoffs as a wild card team instead of as division champ, well then, charge it to the game. Since the magic number is down to a measly one game, I’m going to write this column assuming that Atlanta won at least one of three versus Miami or that the Mets lost at least one to Washington. At the time of this writing, the Bravos had a magic number of one to clinch the East. Despite what they might tell you, not even the most loyal Braves fans would’ve imagined October could start so sweet.Ītlanta ended last week with a three-game sweep of the New York Mets and began this week with a record of 100-59 and a two-game advantage over the Mets in the NL East race. Fans of the Atlanta Braves woke up on Monday morning with their team one game away from clinching the National League East Division for a fifth straight season.
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