Are The Mets Out Of The Braves Reach?

Carrol Rogers at The Braves Blog at The Atlanta Journal Constitution writes about th all likelyhood that the Braves can't catch the Mets:

Look how fine a line the Braves are walking these days. Lose one game to the Reds, after winning two in a row, and they’re looking up at a six-game deficit in the NL East to the Mets with 36 games to play.

But the Braves are down only one game in the wild-card standings. Is it time to focus on that?

Here's a couple of the points he leaves:

The Mets are 7-1 in their last eight games. The Braves are 4-4. Are the Mets playing a high gear that the just might not come for the Braves? The Braves have had a stretch like that since the first game of the season when they went 7-1 against the Phillies, Mets and Nationals.

Once the Braves finish their weekend series in St. Louis, it’s back to playing in the NL East, with six games each against the Mets, Nationals, Philies and Marlins. As good as the Braves are against the Mets (8-4), they are.500 against the rest of the division (18-18). And that doesn’t bode particularly well. The only other teams left are Milwaukee and Houston, with a series each. The Braves have fared well against them, taking two of three from each.