The NL Wild Card picture is on the wall today when the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves play a doubleheader at Truist Park. The scenario is this. If either the Braves or Mets sweep today, they are in and so are the Arizona Diamondbacks. If the Mets and Braves split, they both advance and the Snakes will be sent packing. In the second game of the doubleheader, the Braves are expected to have the front runner for the NL Cy Young on the hill, lefty Chris Sale. The Condor has been throwing flames all year. Sale is 18-3 with a 2.28 ERA, a 1.01 WHIP, and it gets better. Over his last 4 starts, Sale is a perfect 3-0 with an ERA of only 1.13. The Mets will more than likely give the nod to Luis Severino for game 2. He is 11-7 with a 3.91 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP, which are good numbers but in his last turn on Tuesday against the Atlanta Braves, Sevy was dinged for 4 runs over 4 innings of work and Atlanta went on to an easy 5-1 victory. Going into today’s games, the Braves are 45-34 at home, have won the last 3 meetings with the Mets, and have the best southpaw on the planet on the hill, Chris Sale. Need I say more?
TODAY’S PICK: ATLANTA BRAVES – GAME 2