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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 5173520, member: 27"] That was a great win last night. Very exciting game. This team has been at their best playing against the best and they did it again this weekend over the Phils. Was surprised Diaz pitched at all. Pitching a guy who recently came off the IL on consecutive days seems risky. Pitching him 2 innings after pitching the day before seems ever more so, I hope Edwin is okay, Glad there is a day off before the Braves series. I haven’t seen it published anywhere but I think if we win 2 of 3 against the Braves, ,we clinch a playoff spot and eliminate the Braves. That would put us 3 games up on the Braves with 3 to go and win have the tie breaker over them. After that disastrous late series against them a couple of years ago, it would be nice to eliminate them this season. But they have been dominant over us for a long time. It will be tough. I am sure they will give us their best shot. 87 wins with 6 games left to play. I remember making a post around 10 days ago thinking we needed 89 wins to have a reasonable chance to get into the playoffs. Looks like it might be a couple more. Moving ahead of the Diamondbacks is really nice and not expected but is it in the best interests of the Mets? Let’s assume we make the playoffs. Would it be better to finish with the 2nd wildcard spot, and play the Padres (I assume we are not catching them) or finish with the 3rd wildcard spot and play the Brewers? The Brewers are 5-5 in their last 10. The Padres have won 8 of their last 9. The Padres are red hot, have terrific pitching and very good hitting. I would rather play the Brewers. It makes for an interesting discussion. Would the Mets under any circumstances consider throwing one or more games of the last series against the Brewers to ensure they get to play them again in the first round of the playoffs? The Diamondbacks finish with 2 3 game series against the Giants and the Padres. So that 3 game series against the Padres will also play a big role in determining who the Padres play in the playoffs. If the Padres prefer to play the Diamondbacks, they need Arizona to finish second. Which means they need to lose as many games as possible to the Diamondbacks to get this. Of course, they are only up on Arizona by 3 games, so depending on what happens in the games Tuesday-Thursday, they may need to win at least one of the head to head games with Arizona. But depending on how things fall, it is possible the Mets and Diamondbacks might both want to lose their last series so they finish with a worse record than the other team. It is funny things are breaking the way they are. What are the odds of this? [/QUOTE]

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