With Giancarlo Stanton Gone For The Year, Who Gets The 2nd NL Wild Card?

[Mr KLC]

The Marlins were already fading back to the pack, but I think this will officially finish them for the year. Mediocre teams vying for the playoff spot. Rockies are only 5 1/2 back, and the Phillies are 6 back. I think the Mets get it together, and take the spot though.

[Chi_archie]

Pirates will have the best additions come sept 1 when rosters expand to 40

cutch seems to maybe coming out of his year long horrible funk

[packerd_00]

Mets still have a shot but they need to string some wins together asap.

[ttwarrior1]

uh cardinals and it wont even be close

[jt315]

uh cardinals and it wont even be close

Don't know about not being close but agree with Cardinals.
Best thing to happen to them is Heyward not signing.
Piscotty is a stud.

[Ralphie Halves]

Cardinals have some holes that need patching up, but they always seem to know how to get themselves there.

And a weak, limping, 83 win Cards teams is way more dangerous in the playoff than a 100 win superman Cards team. Just sayin. Might be betting value there.

[jjgold]

I still think the Marlins are going to get it done

[packerd_00]

Without Stanton,itll be a stretch.

[pavyracer]

This actually helps the Marlins. Other players will step up and get it done.

[jose21_us]

Stanton been playing like shit most of the year... Problem is there closer is on DL and 2/5 of there starting rotation... Plus Bour is out as well which provides good pop.

[unusialsusp5]

stanton needs to get rid of that face guard. i know he took one there and it hurt, but looks wimpy and must affect his swing. marlins got stuck signing a guy who does hit hr's but not worth the money.

[LT Profits]

Cardinals...and they are not even that good this year. They are just "less bad" than others and should get it by default.

[TheMartian]

Pittsburgh is rolling and McCutcheon looks like he got his groove back

Pirates and Cards take the Wildcard spots

[CTOWNsCAPPIN]

Cardinals

[LT Profits]

Pittsburgh is rolling and McCutcheon looks like he got his groove back

Pirates and Cards take the Wildcard spots

Only one spot left, either Giants/Dodgers gets first one.

[stealthyburrito]

Marlins still get it

[Chi_archie]

Only one spot left, either Giants/Dodgers gets first one.

Lots of of ball to play LT

[LT Profits]

Baseball Prospectus NL Playoff Odds Report

National League East

Rnk	Team	Win	Loss	Expected Win Pct	Sim Win	Sim Loss	Div Pct	WC Pct	Playoff Pct	Playoff Pct (Adj)	WS Win Pct	1 Day Delta	7 Day Delta
1	Washington Nationals	70	47	.583	96.8	65.2	99.0%	0.8%	99.9%	99.5%	13.3%	0.1%	0.4%
2	Miami Marlins	62	56	.507	84.6	77.4	0.8%	35.2%	36.0%	17.3%	0.8%	6.1%	4.2%
3	New York Mets	59	59	.523	82.3	79.7	0.1%	14.9%	15.0%	7.4%	0.4%	-5.5%	-19.6%
4	Philadelphia Phillies	56	63	.431	74.3	87.7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-0.1%	0.0%
5	Atlanta Braves	44	74	.443	63.6	98.4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

National League Central

Rnk	Team	Win	Loss	Expected Win Pct	Sim Win	Sim Loss	Div Pct	WC Pct	Playoff Pct	Playoff Pct (Adj)	WS Win Pct	1 Day Delta	7 Day Delta
1	Chicago Cubs	73	43	.611	101.1	60.9	99.9%	0.1%	100.0%	100.0%	20.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2	St. Louis Cardinals	62	56	.545	85.9	76.1	0.1%	54.0%	54.1%	27.9%	2.2%	-1.4%	9.4%
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	60	56	.485	82.3	79.7	0.0%	16.2%	16.2%	7.3%	0.2%	4.3%	9.9%
4	Milwaukee Brewers	52	64	.454	71.9	90.1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
5	Cincinnati Reds	48	69	.419	66.8	95.2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

National League West

Rnk	Team	Win	Loss	Expected Win Pct	Sim Win	Sim Loss	Div Pct	WC Pct	Playoff Pct	Playoff Pct (Adj)	WS Win Pct	1 Day Delta	7 Day Delta
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	65	52	.569	90.6	71.4	63.7%	29.9%	93.6%	79.8%	8.5%	-0.0%	-1.3%
2	San Francisco Giants	66	52	.531	88.9	73.1	36.3%	48.1%	84.4%	60.2%	3.6%	-3.5%	-1.8%
3	Colorado Rockies	56	63	.493	76.7	85.3	0.0%	0.7%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	-1.3%
4	Arizona Diamondbacks	49	69	.459	69.6	92.4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
5	San Diego Padres	50	68	.443	69.4	92.6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-0.0%

[LT Profits]

Baseball Prospectus AL Playoff Odds Report

American League East

Rnk	Team	Win	Loss	Expected Win Pct	Sim Win	Sim Loss	Div Pct	WC Pct	Playoff Pct	Playoff Pct (Adj)	WS Win Pct	1 Day Delta	7 Day Delta
1	Toronto Blue Jays	67	52	.541	90.0	72.0	39.9%	39.8%	79.7%	60.5%	8.3%	-4.2%	-5.0%
2	Boston Red Sox	65	52	.553	89.6	72.4	38.6%	36.9%	75.5%	58.2%	9.4%	5.6%	5.7%
3	Baltimore Orioles	66	51	.493	87.7	74.3	19.9%	34.6%	54.5%	35.9%	2.5%	-0.7%	-5.4%
4	New York Yankees	61	57	.482	81.7	80.3	1.6%	4.3%	5.9%	3.6%	0.2%	2.5%	2.5%
5	Tampa Bay Rays	48	69	.498	70.0	92.0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

American League Central

Rnk	Team	Win	Loss	Expected Win Pct	Sim Win	Sim Loss	Div Pct	WC Pct	Playoff Pct	Playoff Pct (Adj)	WS Win Pct	1 Day Delta	7 Day Delta
1	Cleveland Indians	67	49	.559	92.9	69.1	90.4%	5.5%	95.9%	93.3%	17.0%	-0.6%	4.5%
2	Detroit Tigers	63	55	.514	86.1	75.9	9.2%	26.0%	35.1%	21.8%	2.1%	-9.3%	-17.6%
3	Kansas City Royals	58	60	.458	78.6	83.4	0.1%	0.6%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.5%
4	Chicago White Sox	56	61	.484	78.4	83.6	0.3%	0.3%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	-0.5%
5	Minnesota Twins	47	71	.470	67.6	94.4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

American League West

Rnk	Team	Win	Loss	Expected Win Pct	Sim Win	Sim Loss	Div Pct	WC Pct	Playoff Pct	Playoff Pct (Adj)	WS Win Pct	1 Day Delta	7 Day Delta
1	Texas Rangers	70	50	.496	91.3	70.7	78.2%	12.2%	90.4%	83.9%	5.7%	2.6%	-0.8%
2	Seattle Mariners	63	54	.523	87.0	75.0	18.7%	27.5%	46.2%	32.4%	3.5%	3.3%	13.4%
3	Houston Astros	61	57	.529	84.0	78.0	3.1%	12.3%	15.5%	9.3%	1.1%	0.4%	2.7%
4	Oakland Athletics	52	67	.446	71.0	91.0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
5	Los Angeles Angels	49	69	.458	69.5	92.5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-0.0%

[Chi_archie]

Getting tight!

[TheMartian]

Only one spot left, either Giants/Dodgers gets first one.

San Fran is imploding and can't score any runs or pitch

Bucs and Cards will chase them down

[Chi_archie]

SF 9-20 since all star break

[daneblazer]

Marlins president of baseball operations Michael Hill said Sunday that Giancarlo Stanton (groin) plans to return to the Marlins before the end of the regular season.

Stanton was diagnosed with a grade 3 groin strain in mid-August, and was expected to miss at least six weeks. If he comes in at the low end of that range, he could return in the final week of the season, where he hopes to help push the Marlins into the postseason. It should still be considered a long shot, but perhaps the Marlins' star slugger isn't quite finished for 2016.

[Chi_archie]

marlins sweep pirates in pittsburgh

[BaseballChaser]

As a Cubs fan I don't want to play the Giants or Cardinals in the NLDS. But, it looks like it's a real possibility those are the 2 wild card teams. The ideal scenario is the Marlins where we only have to face Jose Fernandez once because of him pitching in the wild card game. Dodgers also wouldn't be as daunting as Cards/Giants. Cardinals aren't very good, they just scare me.