Consider the chaos unleashed. On Monday, the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets will play a doubleheader to determine not just their own playoff fates but the fate of the Arizona Diamondbacks as well. Rain from Hurricane Helene washed out two contests between Atlanta and New York last week in what was supposed to have been a monumental,

But this is something that’ll benefit BOTH the Mets and the Atlanta Braves, who come into Monday’s doubleheader that shouldn’t have been with this scenario: if they split the doubleheader, they both make the playoffs as Wild Card teams. The Arizona Diamondbacks would be eliminated.

The situation surrounding the hurricane-related postponements in Atlanta was highly unusual. But the league could have been more proactive.