If your top priority following the trade deadline was to see the Mets enhance their prospects in Major League Baseball’s draft lottery, the past week of baseball has been a massive success. The team has gone 0-6 since the deadline, having been swept by the Royals and the Orioles—two teams at opposite ends of the standings. Between the Mets’ lineups over these past six games and the pitchers who are currently in their rotation, the team’s failure to win even one of them isn’t exactly a surprise.
The Cubs, however, have worked their way up to the National League’s third Wild Card spot after spending a large chunk of the season with a losing record.