00:00I'm being realistic, and I'm certainly not always right, and I want to be wrong.
00:04I don't believe in this team.
00:06Yeah, what is the wild card right now?
00:07I mean, it's so early to even think about it.
00:09Tiki, it's never too early to think about that, and I'm going to depress you right now.
00:13Okay.
00:14So currently in the National League, and a lot can change, the St. Louis Cardinals are
00:18the third wild card team at 27-19, which means the Mets are seven games back.
00:23Right.
00:24Okay?
00:25Not good.
00:25It's a lot of games back.
00:27But here's where I get angry and depressed.
00:30The record of the third wild card team in the American League, that team is the 22-24
00:37Texas Rangers.
00:39The New York Mets would be two games out of a playoff spot if they resided in the American
00:45League.
00:45But because they're in the National League, they're seven games back.
00:48Wow, the American League.
00:50I know we said this a week ago, maybe even two weeks ago, how bad the American League is.
00:54This is, I don't know if it's historically bad, but you almost...
00:59The White Sox, and that's only because they're seven and one over their last eight games.
01:04The White Sox are in the postseason right now.
01:07That is correct, yes.
01:08That is ridiculous.
01:09That is correct.
01:10The third wild card team is a team two games under .500, and the division leader in the
01:14American League West is at .500.
01:16Will that change?
01:17Probably.
01:17I'm not suggesting it's going to finish this way, but when you look at the standings, if
01:21you wake up this morning as a Met fan saying, hey, where are we in the standings?
01:24I'm telling you, seven games back in the National League, but if they were in the American
01:28League, they would be two games back.
01:30Right, and there's a lot of teams that jump in the National League.
01:33Look, don't overthink the standings.
01:34No, I'm not.
01:35I'm just...
01:35It's way too early to be looking at it.
01:37You can't even make a big deal about it, but it's just for a perspective on where you actually
01:41sit right now.
01:42The Mets are not in a good spot despite playing pretty good baseball.
01:45They have a lot of work to do.
01:46Lots of work.
01:46And I would disagree with that last statement.
01:48I don't even think they're playing that well.
01:50Like, they're winning games, and that's great.
01:52That's what I mean.
01:52Yeah.
01:53I mean, just finding ways to win.
01:54Yeah, I think they've got to be better.
01:56Yeah.
01:56I mean, think about it.
01:57They had two drop pop-ups this weekend.
01:59Yeah, but they won two out of three from the Yankees.
02:01You have the second best record or whatever.
02:03It is third best record.
02:04I understand.
02:05They also, as a pitching staff, walked nine guys yesterday.
02:08Right.
02:08Like, it wasn't exactly the prettiest baseball.
02:10No.
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