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One week away from the Major League Baseball regular season, two divisions and two Wild Card places are still in play in the National League. The teams in contention are tight enough that a dream scenario is always topical – a four-team tie, with even five-team hope.
The Atlanta Braves have already won the National League East, so their place in the playoffs is assured. There are four places to win and five teams still alive:
National league rankings
| Division | Team | W-L | PCT | Magic Playoff # | Magic Division # | Calendar remaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Team | W-L | PCT | Magic Playoff # | Magic Division # | Calendar remaining |
| NL Central | Cubs | 91-64 | 0.587 | 2 | 5 | PIT, STL |
| NL Central | brewers | 89-67 | 0.571 | 4 | ten | @STL, DET |
| NL West | Dodgers | 87-69 | 0.558 | 6 | 6 | @ARI, @SF |
| NL Central | cardinals | 87-69 | 0.558 | 6 | 12 | MIL, @CHC |
| NL West | Rockies | 85-70 | 0.548 | 4 | 4 | PHI, was |
The Chicago Cubs hold a two and a half game lead in the National League Central and, with a magic number of only two players to clinch a playoff spot, their inclusion in our tiebreaker would require a collapse massive last week. This is unlikely, for now, put Chicago in the background.
The St. Louis Cardinals have the toughest schedule of the last week, ahead of both teams in front of NL Central. The Milwaukee Brewers and Cardinals meet for three games starting Monday night in St. Louis. The Brewers hold a two-game lead for the Wild Card title.
This series is the key to a draw of more than two teams, which has never happened in the history of the major league. Both teams are excellent and the three teams are even better. But here's how things could turn into pure chaos in the National League.
In the event of a tie, the total final victory should be between 90 and 92 wins. One of the brewers and cardinals is guaranteed at least 90 wins; a sweep of St. Louis allows them to reach exactly that figure by Wednesday, and nothing less means that Milwaukee adds at least one to its current total of 89 wins.
The top of the scale is where the Colorado Rockies would end when they won the remaining seven games. The fact that the Cubs are already at 91 wins makes it all the more unlikely that they would join the chaos. But imagine for a moment that Chicago collapses and we get our five-team match.
The scenario is so unlikely that MLB, in its official rules, does not even have more than four teams. This would require a scenario designed by the Commissioner's office that is not yet known. If you want anarchy, that's the landscape of your dreams.
Here's how these teams should finish to equalize between 90 and 92 wins.
How the Netherlands could end up in a tiebreaker
| Team | W-L | 90 wins | 91 wins | 92 wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W-L | 90 wins | 91 wins | 92 wins |
| Cubs | 91-64 | n / A | 0-7 | 1-6 |
| brewers | 89-67 | 1-5 | 2-4 | 3-3 |
| Dodgers | 87-69 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 5-1 |
| cardinals | 87-69 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 5-1 |
| Rockies | 85-70 | 5-2 | 6-1 | 7-0 |
The Cardinals taking at least two of the three games against the Brewers would certainly increase our chances of having more than two teams. If, for example, St. Louis sweeps Milwaukee, he loses two out of three games to the Cubs. The Brewers will have to beat the Tigers in two games out of three to preserve that tie. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Rockies could join them with 91 wins and solid weeks against the National League teams, most of whom disappeared in September.
If the Brewers, Cardinals, Dodgers and Rockies are tied at 90, 91 or 92 wins, that would be four teams for three playoff spots. Here's how things would be decided:
Monday October 1st
Rockies at Dodgers for NL West (LA won 11 of 18 games in a duel)
Cardinals vs Brewers for a Wild Card point (they are 8-8 against each other .Home to be determined)
Tuesday, October 2
NL West loser vs. Cardinals / Brewers losing for other Wild Card place
The field of attack for this Tuesday game will depend on the results in head-to-head of the regular season. The scenarios are as follows:
Rockies among Cardinals
Dodgers at the Cardinals
Rockies in Brewers
Brewers at Dodgers
These tiebreaker games are all technically regular season games, but the most important is the extra baseball, with a lot of things at stake in each game. Having two days of extra games would also require a change in the schedule of games. playoffs, since the game Wild Card NL is scheduled for Tuesday night. Such a scenario would probably move the Wild Card NL game to Wednesday, the same day as the Wild Card AL game.
The NL Division Series starts on Thursday, October 4 and in the case of a four-team tie, the winner of the Wild Card game will have played five games in five days, probably against five different opponents. It's fun.
We almost saw two more days of baseball in 2013, while the Indians, Rangers and Rays were one day of potential three teams for two Wild Card slots. Then the Indians had to ruin the fun by winning the last day of the season, leaving us with a boring twoBreakage game of equality.
This year we are asking for more. Brewers, Cardinals, Dodgers and Rockies, you know what to do.
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