The Mets and Braves have been neck-and-neck in the NL East standings for quite a while now. It’s actually been quite impressive to see them stick together as close as they have for the past few weeks. New York is starting a two-game set against the Marlins Tuesday night at Citi Field, but it’s hard to not look ahead to the upcoming trip to Atlanta.
This weekend’s matchup is the second-to-last series of the regular season, so it’s quite possible that the division winner will be decided over the next few days. That scenario is what every professional athlete wants, and every team in that situation wants its best players on the field to compete.