Author: Zane Moran

The Nationals front office has signaled their belief that the team will fail to make the playoffs. Last week, they dealt Daniel Murphy to the Cubs and let the Cardinals take Matt Adams, and more veterans could be dealt before the end of the month. Out of their final 34 games, though, 22 are against […]

The Giants come to New York three games below .500 for the first time since June 18. With their recent slide, their playoff odds have dropped to just above one percent. So like the Mets, they will be sitting at home in October. San Francisco’s plan of building a surefire 2011 World Series champion in 2018 failed, […]

As we enter the final month and a half of the season, the Mets and Phillies will match up 11 times, which is more than any other opponent for either squad. The Mets, then, will play a starring role in Philadelphia’s push for the playoffs. The two teams have already affected each other’s futures by […]

As the Mets travel to Baltimore for a short two-game series, it is a good time to remember that it could always be worse. The Orioles are on pace for 48 wins and find themselves in a race to the bottom with the Royals. A team that, like the Mets, made the playoffs and lost […]

The Mets and the Marlins are playing to stay out of the NL East cellar at this point, and New York has played well enough recently to be two games up on Miami. The two squads will face each other 10 times in the season’s final two months, including the final series of the year, meaning […]

The Cincinnati Reds have no hope of a playoff appearance, and have not since about two weeks into the season, but ever since Jim Riggleman took the managerial reins away from Bryan Price, the Reds have been respectable, playing right around .500 baseball. The play has many Reds fans hoping a return to contention will […]

Atlanta was one of the more active teams at the deadline, making four trades in an attempt to fortify their playoff chances. One of the best stories came when the Braves acquired Jonny Venters, the three-time Tommy John surgery recipient who started his major league career in Atlanta eight year ago. The Braves’ other trades […]

The Mets and Nationals begin their first post-trade deadline series tonight, and by the time first pitch is thrown, we will know whether the Nats decided to buy, sell or both. The team is reportedly on the fence about what direction go, in large part because they are surprisingly below .500 at this point in […]

The Mets head to Pittsburgh right as the Pirates have caught fire. They have won 11 of their last 12, vaulting themselves back into the NL playoff picture just in time for the trade deadline. Their emergence makes an already murky Wild Card race even wilder, with all but four NL teams within six games […]

With eight days to go until the trade deadline, the series between the Mets and the Padres, two last place teams, may be more notable for its #HugWatch than any of the actual baseball played on the field. Barring the greatest second half comebacks in baseball history, these two teams will be watching October baseball […]