October 7, 2015
Unlike in the American League, there was absolutely no drama about who would be represented in the National League Wild Card Game. Rather, the race was more about where it would be played. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs separated themselves from the pack so far that it was hard for the San Francisco Giants, who finished a remote 13 games out of the final Wild Card spot, to even have hope by the start of September.
So thoroughly dominant were the performances of both the Cubs and Pirates that they both would have won the NL East and West by a minimum of five games, respectively.