Four games to sort seven teams into four spots!
Through 158 games, we have quite a race in the National League.
In the Central, the Cubs (83-75) try to fight off the upstart Brewers (81-77) led by the beastly Prince. The Cubs have a two game lead, and won the season series 9 to 6. Should they finish the season tied, they will play the tiebreaker at Wrigley. The Brewers are at home, but they have San Diego. While the Padres are struggling, they're still a better team than the Brewers and playing for their postseason lives as well. The Cubs are on the road, but against Florida and Cincinatti you can just about mark down a couple wins. Ship the Central to the Cubs. It would be a monumental upset for the Brewers to make it to the postseason at this point.
In the NL East and West, the Diamondbacks (88-70), Mets (87-71), Padres (87-71), Phillies (86-72), and Rockies (86-72) are all within two games of eachother.
The Rockies being here at all is amazing, and they've done it by winning their last 10 games. They're red hot and have one more game against the Dodgers, who were probably good enough to win the Central, but really who wasn't, and close the season at home against the Diamondbacks. Interestingly, while the Diamondbacks have the best record of the teams involved, looking at RS vs RA they're possibly worse than any of the teams involved, and the Dodgers, and the Braves. So as the Padres, Brewers, Diamondbacks, and Rockies beat up one another, the Mets finish the season against the Marlins and the Phillies get the Nationals. IMO, the wild card will come out of the East because of this.
But they play the games for a reason; it should be fun.
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