I agree with everything except the bold.
The Braves are beat up, exhausted, and nearly blew their spot against a Philly team that didn't even give a shit the last series. The Yankees, Twins, and Rays limped into the playoffs playing meh baseball, and SF nearly blew the division the last weekend.
The Reds have been feeling good since the Bruce HR.
But yeah, for this team to be two years ahead of schedule, with all of these great looking young players, anything we do beyond this point is gravy. We have a SP staff built for the regular season, the deepest in the NL. But we have no ace, and we have to face teams with 2 or even 3. It'll be tough.