One of the six wild-card spots in the Major League Baseball postseason has been secured with one week left in the regular season.
The Atlanta Braves or New York Mets will fill the clinched first wild-card spot in the National League. The two teams square off in a three-game series that begins on Friday. The second-place in the NL East will be the top wild card.
That is the only confirmed piece of the wild-card race as the expanded postseason draws closer.
The Toronto Blue Jays are next in line to clinch a playoff berth. They enter Thursday with a 6.