Phillies send Cy Young contender Christopher Sanchez to the mound in wild card race showdown

We have only about 25% of the season remaining for most teams.

With 125 games done for the majority of clubs, we have fewer than 40 games for teams to figure out who is going to make the postseason.

This should be a fairly tight race in both leagues, but the National League seems a bit more decided at the moment than the American League.

There are only six teams within 3.5 games of a Wild Card spot, but two of them battle tonight as the Marlins take on the Phillies.

The Miami Marlins are on the outside looking in on the postseason if the playoffs started today.

They are currently three games back of the Padres and Phillies, who are tied for the final two spots.

Of all the teams that are not leading a division in the National League, the Marlins have the best run differential at +20 (excluding the Cubs , who own the first Wild Card spot and are +100).

The Marlins played fairly consistent baseball this season in the first half, but had a really rough stretch to start the 2nd half of the year, losing nine straight.

In fact, the entire second half has been streaks: 9 losses, three wins, one loss, three wins, four losses, four wins, two losses, two wins.

They will need to break out a winning streak if they want to make it to the postseason.

They also need to find a way to get their starting pitching to line up well.

Tonight, they send out Janson Junk to the hill in hopes that he can battle against a Cy Young contender.

Junk is 6-7 for the season with a 4.41 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP.

He has made 17 starts for the club this season.