The Milwaukee Brewers are the best team in baseball. In fact, their record is five games ahead of any other team in MLB. It's an incredible story of roster-building coupled with some good fortune and some brilliant vibes. It's also a story of history.

They have been playing like one of the greatest teams in MLB history since. The Brewers are 48-16 since that date, an outrageous 12 games better than the second-best National League team. That 48-16 mark for the Brewers? Yeah, that's a 162-game pace of 122 wins.

Even after trading their closer, Ryan Helsley, as well as Steven Matz and Phil Maton, the Cardinals are still within striking distance in the NL Wild Card race. They get the Rockies to begin the week before a series against the scuffling Yankees, so there’s opportunity this week.