Mets Wild Card Scenarios
Following up on yesterday’s post about what needs to happen for the Mets to claim a Wild Card spot, and yesterday’s game, the current Wild Card standings are as follows:
| Team | Record | GB |
| Nationals | 84-68 | +1.0 |
| Brewers | 84-70 | 0.0 |
| Cubs | 82-72 | 2.0 |
| Mets | 80-73 | 3.5 |
| Phillies | 78-74 | 5.0 |
With nine games remaining in the season, the Mets need to go on a hot streak while hoping two of the other teams fall back to the back while the Mets stay ahead of the Phillies. Putting the Phillies aside, here is what needs to happen for the Mets to catch each of the teams ahead of them.
| Mets | Nationals | Brewers | Cubs |
| 10-0 | 6-5 | 6-3 | 7-2 |
| 9-1 | 5-6 | 5-4 | 6-3 |
| 8-2 | 4-7 | 4-5 | 5-4 |
| 7-3 | 3-8 | 3-6 | 4-5 |
| 6-4 | 2-9 | 2-7 | 3-6 |
| 5-5 | 1-10 | 1-8 | 2-7 |
| 4-5 | 0-11 | 0-9 | 1-8 |
| 3-6 | Eliminated |
Keeping in mind the Mets need for two of those events to happen. That’s how it looks in numbers. Given the schedules and the injuries, anything less than 8-2 is a non-starter for the Mets, and if we are being honest the anything less than 9-1 eliminates the Mets.