Mets Wild Card Watch: What's on Tap, Results, Standings, News, and Playoff odds for Aug. 28

The battle is on to see who will make it to the one-game do-or-die October matchup

8/28/2019, 2:17 PM
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The Mets have come back from the brink to put themselves firmly in Wild Card contention. Here's everything you need to know about the state of the race...


Nationals (73-58, 3.0 games up for first Wild Card)

Next up: vs. Orioles, Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. (Max Scherzer vs. Asher Wojciechowski)
Latest result: 2-0 loss to the Orioles on Tuesday night
Current odds to make playoffs: 96.4 percent, -5000 via PointsBet
Latest news: Davey Martinez made it clear that Sean Doolittle will remain the closer

Cubs (70-61, 2.0 game up for second Wild Card)

Next up: vs. Mets, Wednesday at 7:10 p.m. (Noah Syndergaard vs. Kyle Hendricks)
Latest result: 5-2 win over Mets on Tuesday night
Current odds to make playoffs: 73.6 percent, -251 via PointsBet
Latest news: Ben Zobrist is close to returning to the bigs

Phillies (68-63, 2.0 GB of second Wild Card)

Next up: vs. Pirates, Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. (Vince Velasquez vs. Mitch Keller)
Latest result: 5-4 loss to Pirates on Tuesday night
Current odds to make playoffs: 6.2 percent, +800 via Phillies
Latest news: Rhys Hoskins 9th inning error cost the Phils

Mets (67-64, 3.0 GB of second Wild Card)

Next up: vs. Cubs, Wednesday at 7:10 p.m. (Noah Syndergaard vs. Kyle Hendricks)
Latest result: 5-2 loss to Cubs on Tuesday
Current odds to make playoffs: 26.3 percent, +280 via PointsBet
Latest news: Pete Alonso broke the Mets' single-season HR record last night

Brewers (67-65, 3.5 GB of second Wild Card)

Next up: vs. Cardinals, Wednesday at 1:10 p.m. (Jack Flaherty vs. Jordan Lyles)
Latest result: 6-3 loss to Cardinals on Tuesday night
Current odds to make playoffs: 9.5 percent, +700 via PointsBet
Latest news: Brewers had a rain delay last night despite their retractable roof

Diamondbacks (67-66, 4.0 GB of second Wild Card)

Next up: vs. Dodgers, Wednesday at 9:40 p.m. (Merrill Kelly vs. TBD)
Latest result: 3-2 win over Giants on Tuesday night
Current odds to make playoffs: 2.4 percent, +1600 via PointsBet
Latest news: Mike Leake gave a rare great outing to help sweep San Fran

Giants (65-67, 5.5 GB of second Wild Card)

Next up: vs. Diamondbacks, Wednesday at 9:45 p.m. (Chris Paddack vs. Dereck Rodriguez)
Latest result: 3-2 loss to Diamondbacks on Tuesday
Current odds to make playoffs: 0.3 percent 
Latest newsMauricio Dubon was called up to the Giants, Scooter Gennett was sent down

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