The Braves and Mets, as well as the Diamondbacks, are in a tight fight for National League wild-card spots.
Unfortunately for the Braves and Mets, Hurricane Helene is headed right for the Atlanta area. That led the Braves to postpone both Wednesday night’s and Thursday night’s games between the two teams and tentatively reschedule them for a doubleheader at Truist Park on Monday — if it’s even still needed to determine playoff seeding by then.
This was a mess that could have been avoided, writes Joel Sherman in the New York Post:
For reasons of business, logistics and perhaps gamesmanship, the Braves did not want to shift start times, days or locations for their series against the Mets despite forecasts that made it iffy to play Wednesday night and even less likely to play a three-game series finale Thursday night.