How are you all doing on this summer Thursday?

Having it Tiki on the fan. A nice free night with no baseball. The Yankees are off. Get to lick their wounds after a horrible stretch, but at least they won. They go into the off day with a victory, and they are in a playoff spot. And the New York Mets got to figure crap out because they just had what was a disastrous homestand, losing two out of three to the giants and getting swept by

the cleveland guardians you can play a game it's a fun game it's called if the season ended today

game it's always fun the new york mats are the third wildcard team they have dropped all the way down

to three now last year they were also the third wild card team no harm no foul they got to the nLCs

they currently have a three game lead over cincinnati for that last spot so last year. They were also the third wildcard team. No harm, no foul. They got to the NLCS.

They currently have a three-game lead over Cincinnati for that last spot.

So not a huge lead, and they do play the Reds later this year.

So it ain't insurmountable, but they are in the third wild card spot. If the season ended today, they would play the Philadelphia Phillies in a wild card series.

But the Phillies are only a half game behind the Dodgers.

So it is possible if things continue to fall the way they are

that we could get Mets, Dodgers, and a best of three.

And look, beggars can't be choosers.

The Mets have rarely made the postseason and back-to-back years in their history.

But if you gave me a choice, you said, Evan, here's a deal. You are a wildcard team.

You didn't win the division. Sorry, best of luck next time. Forget home road. I'm going to give you an opponent.

It could be any opponent you want. Of the realistic playoff teams, give me the Dodgers in a best of three. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Give me the Dodgers in a best of three. Give it to me. Why? Give it to me. You own the Phillies. Give it to me. I want the Dodgers in a best of three. I see what you're doing here. What am I doing? So if you lose the wildcard round, you have the easy out of going, we lost it a chance. No. That's a great pivot that some Mets fans will use. That's a Lugie excuse. I think that give me the best team in the shortest series, because I think you have a better chance to beat them there than in a best of seven. I tend to think at a best of seven, the likelyer scenario is the better team winning.

Of course. So in a best of seven. I tend to think at a best of seven, the likelier scenario, is the better team winning. Of course. So in a best of three where I think anybody could beat anybody anyway, give me the Dodgers, throw them in there. And can you imagine them losing? Losing a best of three wildcard series? So we got a long way to go. Hopefully the Mets win the division,

so this is not even a discussion.

But as of right now, if the season ended today, would be Mets Phillies, but only a half game away from Mets Dodgers. Do you want to play that game for the Yankees? Because that game's fun too. The Yankees would play Houston. Very good. If the season ended today, the Yankees and the Astros

and a wild card series.

In Houston.

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