I have been of the belief that the 2025 season was over, with respect to postseason possibilities, since July 22nd. After that loss to the Astros, we fell to 2 games below .500 and were 6ish games (I don’t have a screenshot of the standings on that day so I’m trying to ballpark math) back of the Padres for the final wild card spot. A few days after that loss, Josh Naylor was traded and then a week after that the Great Deadline Selloff occurred. To add insult to injury, #MarteGate dropped a couple weeks after the Deadline and questions began to swirl about this organization bottoming out and who may be fired/traded once Game 162 finished.

All that seems like a long time ago now. Since August 1st when the Snakes hit their low point of the season record-wise, they have pushed to a 21-12 reco

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