Gwreck

Mets need more hits.

San Diego on the board too, 1-0 bottom 1

3-0 Royals, top 1.

Heading into Sunday: [TABLE] [TR][TH]Mets[/th][TH]Diamondbacks[/th][TH]Braves[/th][TH]Scenario[/th]

Unresolved mysteries: why did the Brewers hit Winker on purpose? And why did nobody else care?

Quintana just announced as starter.

And some of the lesser scenarios gone with the Diamondbacks loss: [TABLE] [TR][TH]Mets[/th][TH]Diamondbacks[/th][TH]Braves[/th][TH]Scenario[/th]

Alvarez could use a game at DH. It's not as if we're getting anything from Martinez, Winker, or Marte.

Edgy MD wrote: Riding Butto home is apparently not in the offing. I agree with Ronnie that better to hold him for other, closer games the next few days than going 3-4 innings.

A lot of scenarios that would result in the games on Monday being cancelled or not mattering just went off the board. [TABLE] [TR][TH]Mets[/th][TH]Diamondbacks[/th][TH]Braves[/th][TH]Scenario[/th]

I see William Contreras is still using Edwin's music.

Undercard has started tonight in Atlanta with former Met Tommy Pham leading off against future Met Max Fried.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Actually, I see 64 different scenarios. Over the weekend, each team can win zero, one, two, or three games. That's what I have too. [TABLE] [TR][TH]Mets[/th][TH]Diamondbacks[/th][TH]Braves[/th][TH]Scenario[/th]

There is talk that KC might not be able to make it into Atlanta for Friday's game. Meaning the Braves might have a double header on Saturday. I saw Snitker suggest that in a press conference but that seemed to me as uniformed speculation. Atlanta airport has lots of arrivals as normal today. KC played in Washington this afternoon and is currently scheduled to get to Atlanta at 6:30: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL3780https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL3780 The rain should end around midday Friday in Atlanta so alas, an extra doubleheader is unlikely.

Things may (likely) be meaningless for the Brewers this weekend too. A bullpen game could make sense Saturday or Sunday, and especially so if a clinch in advance of the DH Monday can't happen. This also is a situation where the Mets are probably well served by keeping quietly publicly about their plans. Why give Atlanta more info?

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I'm for a smaller playoff field Exactly. 4 teams from each league was the right model.

The key thing to remember is that Arizona can easily miss out. If the Mets pick up net one game on them this weekend, Mets are in and the DH doesn't matter. And this is an Arizona team that just lost twice to an under .500 Giants team with nothing to play for.

=Gwreck post_id=171841 time=1727333289 user_id=56][CROSSOUT]Finally, there is 1 scenario in which NYM is eliminated before Monday: MIL sweeps NYM, ATL sweeps KC, ARZ sweeps SD.[/CROSSOUT]

There are 64 possible combinations of NYM, ATL, and ARZ wins in the games Fri-Sun. -6 cancel the games on Monday entirely: NYM and either ATL or ARZ has clinched and there is no seeding at issue. -13 scenarios have NYM and either ATL or ARZ clinching before Monday, but seeding still undecided. -My personal favorite: 10 scenarios have NYM clinching in advance, but the games matter to determine if ATL or ARZ gets the wild card. In 7 of these instances, NYM's seed is undecided, and in 3 instances it doesn't matter. (Should this situation come to pass, Mets need to tell MLB to pound sand, they're not going to Atlanta, and let ATL and ARZ play a tiebreaker game between themselves, flip a coin, or whatever). -Conversely, there are 2 scenarios in which ATL clinches before Monday and the games matter to determine if NYM or ARZ gets the final wild card. In both instances, NYM would need to win only 1 of the 2 games of the doubleheader to clinch. -19 scenarios would require NYM to win either of the 2 games in Atlanta. In 10 of those instances, they can clinch with a win in Game 1 and Game 2 is cancelled. In 4 instances, if NYM wins Game 1, Game 2 still matters to determine if ARZ or ATL gets the other wild card. In 5 instances, the second game would matter only for NYM/ARZ seeding. -13 scenarios would require NYM to win both games on Monday. In 9 instances, second game is cancelled if the NYM loses. In 4 instances, second game would matter for ATL/ARZ seeding. -Finally, there is 1 scenario in which NYM is eliminated before Monday: MIL sweeps NYM, ATL sweeps KC, ARZ sweeps SD.

Wow. Who could have seen this coming….wait, what's that, you say? The National Weather Service made it perfectly clear more than a day ago? This is a colossally stupid failure by MLB to not play these games in a neutral site, either today, tomorrow, or both.

This is the key part: MLB could have overridden any desire of either team and forced different logistics for the games and did not. If they don't play 2 games by end of day Thursday, I will be rooting hard for the scenario in which the Mets clinch and those games otherwise matter, and the Mets tell MLB they refuse to return to Atlanta.

=Centerfield post_id=171748 time=1727282165 user_id=65]It would also be good to bring to light the very shitty bad faith conduct of the organization. I wonder if there's no way to write that contract so that the bonus kicks in if the club releases a healthy player that is reasonably projected to hit that milestone.

Edgy MD wrote: And I'll guess that either by agreement or arbitrator's decision, the Pirates will end up paying half I bet that's right, and while they may never admit it, the Pirates may well have priced that in when making the decision.

=Centerfield post_id=171745 time=1727281586 user_id=65]I wonder how much say the Braves organization had in the neutral site decision. I'm guessing you can't deprive a club of its ticket revenue without their consent. If the Braves were the roadblock

Edgy MD wrote: The lawsuits that ensue will undoubtedly cost both sides more than $200K in legal fees. This is not legal advice, but it's extremely unlikely there would be a lawsuit. He would file a grievance under the CBA procedures and maybe there would be a hearing but the chances of going to court are very slim.