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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4339140, member: 27"]
The Mets are now 37 games over .500 and as you say, have 29 left.  We speculated it was going to take over 100 wins to take the NL East and that appears to be accurate.

The Mets just need to win 15 of the 29 to get to 100.  If they can win 20 of 29, if my calculations are correct, that gets them 11 games more over .500, or to 105 wins.

The Braves also have 29 games left.  If the Mets get 105, the Braves would have to win 23 of 29 to catch them.

They are playing well but that would be a big ask.  Those 3 games between the teams in the second last series of the year loom large.

Strider struck out 16, pitched 8 innings and threw 105 pitches.  He has pitched 10 2/3 innings more this year than he has ever pitched.  Kind of surprising the Braves are continuing to use him so much and if anything, are expanding his pitch counts late in the year.  This violates commonly held beliefs over how pitchers should be managed and in theory, makes a major arm injury likely.

It will be interesting to see how he holds up down the stretch and into the playoffs.  He seems to be doing really well so far.

Props to Atlanta for their ability to produce quality young players.  Their roster is loaded with them.  The Mets now have none.
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