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Philler Up - We're Heading For A Wild Stretch Drive

The Braves are in control, but the wild card is up for grabs for the four other NL East teams.

Standings as of August 28th:

Team             W	 L	 PCT	GB	
Atlanta	        74	56	.569	 -	
Philadelphia*	70	60	.538	4.0	
Florida	        69	61	.531	5.0
NY Mets	        68	62	.523	6.0
Washington	67	63	.515	7.0

*Does not include Sunday night's game

Atlanta still controls the division, although with a lot of divisional games the rest of the way a Brave slump and a hot streak by one of the teams looking up could change things quickly.

And of course, for the wild card mix the Astros are right in the thick of things.

Team             W	 L	 PCT	GB	
Philadelphia	70	60	.538	 -
Florida	        69	61	.531	1.0
NY Mets	        68	62	.523	2.0
Houston	        68	62	.523	2.0
Washington	67	63	.515	3.0

Atlanta Braves

Overall Record: 74-56
Run Differential: +95
Record in last period: 13-12

Schedule:

Washington - 4
Cincinnati - 3
New York - 3
at Washington - 3
at Philadelphia - 4
at New York - 3
Philadelphia - 3
Florida - 3
Colorado - 3
at Florida - 3
Home - 19 / Away - 13

Florida Marlins

Overall Record: 69-61
Run Differential: +3
Record in last period: 16-12

Schedule:

St Louis - 3
New York - 3
at Washington - 4
at Philadelphia - 3
at Houston - 4
Philadelphia - 3
at New York - 3
at Atlanta - 3
Washington - 3
Atlanta - 3
Home - 15 / Away 17

New York Mets

Overall Record: 53-52
Run Differential: +81
Record in last period: 15-10

Schedule:

Philadelphia - 3
at Florida - 3
at Atlanta - 3
at St Louis - 4
Washington - 3
Atlanta - 3
Florida - 3
at Washington - 3
at Philadelphia - 3
Colorado - 4
Home - 16 / 16

Philadelphia Phillies

Overall Record: 70-60
Run Differential: +21
Record in last period: 15-9

Schedule:

at Arizona - 1
at New York - 3
at Washington - 3
Houston - 3
Florida - 3
Atlanta - 4
at Florida - 3
at Atlanta - 3
at Cincinnati - 3
New York - 3
at Washington - 3
Home - 13 / Away 19

Washington Nationals

Overall Record: 67-61
Run Differential: -18
Record in last period: 11-14

Schedule:

at Atlanta - 4
Philadephia - 3
Florida - 4
Atlanta - 3
at New York - 3
at San Diego - 3
San Fransisco - 3
New York - 3
at Florida - 3
Philadelphia - 3
Home - 19 / Away 13

Playoff Odds: Here's where BP places the odds (as of Saturday):

NL East           Division  Wild Card  Playoffs
Braves              62.8      17.2       80.0
Phillies            12.6      18.6       31.2
Marlins              5.6      10.9       16.5
Mets                16.8      22.4       39.2
Nationals            2.2       4.8        7.0

Questions:

Will anyone catch the Braves for the division, and if so, who?

Who will win the wild card?

Posted by Pistol on Monday, August 29 2005 @ 10:30 AM EDT.

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Gerry - Monday, August 29 2005 @ 12:28 PM EDT (#126948) #

All these teams play each other for the next 30+ days. Here are the numbers of games left against non-contenders:

ATL - 6
FLA - 0
NYM - 4 (last series of the year)
PHI - 3
WAS - 6

If the teams in the east beat up on each other it could leave the door open for Houston to sneak in and claim the wild card.

Magpie - Monday, August 29 2005 @ 04:22 PM EDT (#126991) #

Will anyone catch the Braves for the division, and if so, who?

Don't be silly. Its the Braves.

The Braves, who just happen to have the NL's best winning percentage in home games, are kicking off a 10 game homestand tonight. Which should make it official.

It sure looks to me like the Marlins and the Phillies will duke it outfor second place and a shot at the Wild Card. The teams have very similar schedules, and they both have to play Houston - they can gang up on the Astros and have the field to themselves.

The schedules look well matched - the majority is against divisional opponents, plus Houston. The Phillies also have a series with Cincinnati, while the Marlins play the Cardinals instead. That should be an edge to Philadelphia. But the Marlins have two extra home games, and the Cardinals are trying to stay interested and avoid more injuries. Should be a great battle...

smcs - Monday, August 29 2005 @ 04:23 PM EDT (#126992) #

I think the Braves will win the Division just because they are the Braves and the Mets will win the Wild Card because of those last 4 games against Colorado, who will have completely given up.

Magpie - Monday, August 29 2005 @ 04:40 PM EDT (#126994) #

those last 4 games against Colorado, who will have completely given up.

Ah, but they haven't given up. They're running a bunch of kids out there (plus Helton) who just don't know any better. They've gone 20-20 over their last 40 games, which means they're playing better ball than everybody else in the NL West.

Not that that means much...

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