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.

Sunday's results failed to settle the National League wild-card race, so the New York Mets jumped on a plane to Atlanta for a doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves on Monday (1 p.m. ET on ESPN2). The Arizona Diamondbacks will be watching -- they need one of these teams to pull off a sweep in order to get into the playoffs themselves.