Mike-
As much as I would love to see the Braves catch the Mets or at least make a race out of it, I think thats a huge longshot. I mean like 100/1. Mets have them by 11.5 and the 2 teams only play each other head to head 9 more times this year. Being realistic, the best the Braves could do is win 7 of 9 and that would only gain them 5 games on the Mets. That would leave 6.5 games they would still have to make up and considering they both play very similar schedules the rest of the year, I doubt very much the Braves are good enough to better the Mets by 6.5 games against rival teams.
Obvioulsy the Braves have a better shot at making the playoffs through a wildcard, but even that I think is very much a longshot. They would have to pass 7 teams, not to mention there are 3 teams behind them within 2 games of them.
I dont see it happening and if I was betting that the Braves will make the playoffs, I would demand at least 50/1.
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