The next ten days will tell the story. Realistically, unless this current stretch is indicative of things to come, the Gnats' chances don't look great. There are some pretty decent teams they have to compete against for the wild card (Washington, Philadelphia, Arizona, St. Louis, and Milwaukee). They would have to out pace four of those teams for a one-game elimination game against whoever tops out among that group. For that long shot opportunity, they'd lose out on some solid compensation for Bumgarner and WSmith. They also don't have the fallback of deals after the deadline, as in years past.