The Brewers hold a half game lead in an increasingly three team division; Reds are good but not good enough; Cubs blaze through an eight game winning streak; Pirates rise from the bottom of the basement; and the Cardinals relapse. Here’s the goings-on in the week that was.
1: Cincinnati Reds (58-49, 0.5 GB)
The Reds are 7-3 over their last 10 games. Without checking, I seldom know what any other Red does because everyone’s — and I mean everyone’s — Twitter (or X?) profile tells me how fast Elly De La Cruz is, or how hard he hit the ball.