Major League Baseball is considering contingency plans for this weekend's crucial series in Atlanta between the Mets and Braves because of Hurricane Ian.
The rapidly intensifying Hurricane was scheduled to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday morning, while parts of Georgia are expected to see flooding rains and some coastal surge into the weekend. 500 National Guard troops have been sent to Georgia to respond to an emergency declared by the governor.
According to multiple reports, the National League East rivals and MLB have discussed several options, including a split game on Sunday.
MLB is not considering starting the series a day early because the teams have a mutual day off on Thursday. According to MLB.com, moving the games to a neutral site was not a serious consideration.
When asked if he knew anything about the talks, Showalter joked that he was on "double secret" and said that Billy Eppler was leading the Mets' involvement in the talks.
Showalter does not get involved in it. ppler keeps me up to date on what I need to know and what I don't. I'm pretty sure he has all this wired. I'm spinning my head.
The strongest winds of 155 mph were reported off Florida's southwest coast Wednesday morning, just shy of the most dangerous Category 5 status. The Naples toSarasota region is at the highest risk of a devastating storm surge.
"This is going to be a bad day and a bad couple of days," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said. This is going to be difficult.
Both the Mets and Braves have identical 97-58 records. The winner of the division will get a bye into the NL Division Series while the loser will start the Wild Card Series.
As MLB and the teams plan to wait as long as possible to monitor the storm's trajectory, a decision could come as early as Wednesday or Friday morning. The Braves play a game in Washington against the Nationals before the Mets and Braves play a game in New York.
The Mets lost to the Marlins on Tuesday and fell into a tie for the division lead. The Braves beat the Nationals 8-2 on Tuesday to set the stage for the final week of the season.
Pete Alonso said that being in a race like this is fun. "Tomorrow is another chance for us to be great and we just want to continue to play great baseball."
The clubs will conclude their regular-season schedule with a three-game series that ends on October 5. Showalter said that the Mets would be ready to play a tripleheader as early as Thursday.
He said that they play when they are told to. We do that.
The AP contributed.
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