It’s August 31st and the Atlanta Braves are still enjoying a 5.5 game divisional lead.
The reason it’s still a 5.5 game lead is because Washington continues to match the Braves… win for win. In fact, the Nats own the NL’s 3rd-best record.
A separation has now happened in the NL East… the Phillies and Mets have both fallen back (11.5 and 13 games, respectively) and neither are now looking like playoff teams… the Phillies more so, but the Mets recent schedule has killed them in just the past few days.
We’ll soon resume our battles against the divisional opponents (sans the Marlins – we’re done seeing them this year).