Double Mets vs. Braves rainout remains likely, how did MLB not do anything?

Leave it to MLB to give us some extra anxiety in the final week of the season. The incoming storm set to hit Atlanta around 1pm today has been on the radar of weathermen and baseball fans for days now. Despite the common off-day of the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves on Monday, no action was taken to push the series up. Furthermore, no doubleheader was even scheduled for Tuesday.

The weather forecast has rain and thunder sticking into Friday. Some fans have suggested moving the last two games to a neutral site. With the game scheduled to take place less than 12 hours from now, it seems increasingly less likely we see something so bold occur.

Where does this leave the Mets and Braves? Each battling for NL Wild Card security, a doubleheader with an asterisk on Monday seems like the lone resolution.

MLB got lazy with re-planning of the Mets vs. Braves series despite known weather problems

There was no hesitation to move the Mets to Sunday Night Baseball against the Philadelphia Phillies this past weekend. Money talks. And if you’re one to wear a tinfoil hat, maybe this answers the question.

A standalone doubleheader on Monday between the Mets and Braves is sure to gain some extra ratings. The playoff implications can extend to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Fans of the San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers will have an interest as the results will determine who they’ll play in the first round, too.

Weather problems are nothing new in late September. Hurricane season can wash out multiple games and have the league scrambling to fit it all in. Domes for teams in Florida and Texas help get the games in. In the past, when the weather is so severe that safety is a problem, rescheduling for a neutral site hasn’t been an impossibility.

As frustrating as it may be for the Mets, there are some benefits if the two games get washed out. The Braves would probably want to pitch Chris Sale in their next game which would have him done for the year after. By next Monday, could Francisco Lindor’s back be good enough to get him into the lineup?

A lot could have been done by MLB to prevent the inevitable. Rearranging the dates and times of games the moment the hurricane was 100% chance was a must. Instead, we’ve been left in limbo more worried about the when than the what while lip-synching Blame It On The Rain.