The old adage says you shouldn’t look at the standings until Memorial Day — so here we are. The Brewers are now just 2 games out of first place in the very-flawed NL Central after sweeping the Nationals in Washington and splitting a four-game series with the Padres last week.
Starting this week, the schedule starts to look quite a bit easier, starting with a two-game set that begins this afternoon with the Detroit Tigers.
Detroit comes into this week at 22-31 overall, in fourth place in a similarly flawed AL Central. But they’ve actually been a decent team the last month, rebounding from an 8-19 April to go 14-12 so far in May, while the Brewers have gone 12-15.