Updated postseason possibilities

The bracket has been tweaked slightly, which means some changes to the previous post. Sorting out the top four seeds is fairly simple:

#1: Scrappers have already locked up the top seed
#2: Bees have already locked up the second seed
#3/#4: Bats and Lookouts will be in these two slots. Bats will be the third seed unless the Lookouts beat the Riverdogs AND the Bats lose to the Thunder (both games on Saturday).

The bottom half of the bracket is more complicated, partly because all four teams in the bottom half have two games remaining. The postseason picture will start to clarify tonight when the Mudcats take on the Thunder. Here's what we know about the Mudcats:

• The Mudcats could win out and finish with the same record as the Riverdogs in a tie for sixth, but they would lose the tiebreaker with the Riverdogs. The first tiebreaker is head-to-head competition; the two teams split this year. The next tiebreaker is the record against the top teams in the league, and the Riverdogs' win over the Scrappers would give them the edge in that tiebreaker. So, the Mudcats will either be seeded seventh or eighth.



• On Sunday, the Mudcats cannot play in the 4 p.m. game or the 6 p.m. game. This means they will play at either noon or 2 p.m.



• Barring another bracket change, the Mudcats will not play a game on Tuesday, Oct. 26, or Wednesday, Oct. 27.



• On Saturday, Oct. 30, the Mudcats will play at either 9:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.