All eyes will be focused on the NL East Friday night when they Atlanta Braves begin a pivotal three-game series against the New York Mets at Truist Park. Atlanta enters the series a game back of New York in the standings and has little margin for error with six games remaining in the regular season. Below is a look at where the National League’s playoff picture stands heading into play Friday.
The Division Race
The Braves are 7-9 against the Mets this season and therefore need to sweep the three-game series in order to take the tiebreaker advantage.