Final day in Baseball. 6 teams playing for something.
Toronto and Yankees playing for AL East title Loser makes playoffs but as a wild card.
Detroit and Cleveland playing for division title. Again loser is a wild card. But in an interesting twist the loser will be the 3rd wild card and have to play a 3 game series, all 3 games at the team that wins the division (3rd division winner). So in a sense they are playing for home field advantage for all three games.
And Finally the Reds and Mets playing for the final playoff spot (Reds hold tiebreaker so Mets need to win and have reds lose.
So Toronto took care of business in a big way with 13-4 win.
Detroit lost sealing there fate as the final wild card team that has to travel to cleveland for a 3 game series.
Reds and Mets both lost, so Cincinnati sort of backs into the final wild card and will play at the Dodgers for 3 games.
So the Mets....those AMAZING METS. They were basically tied with Phillies in early August and finished 13 games behind the Phillies and missed the playoff. THAT is a pretty healthy slide. And on this final day that they needed to win, they couldn't even muster up a single run. Oh did I mention the Mets have the second highest payroll in Baseball? My guess is their manager takes the fall.