Baseball has been very turbulent in July and a lot of that has been thanks to teams going on streaks. As a team streaks, their position in their standings change and streaks are the reason why we had bizzaro baseball this year. The Mets' 10 game winning streak reshaped the NL East and made it into a legitimate three team race no matter who is looking at the division. Anyway there are a few current streaks that are causing noise right now.
Yankees 6 Game Winning Streak:
Growing up in Baltimore, I grew up hating the Yankees. So, to this day, I hate to see them do well. Their current winning streak has tightened up the AL East that got sloppy since the Rays' 7 game losing streak. With the Rays and the Red Sox tied at top, and the Yanks three out about to play a three game set in Boston, a sweep here, bringing the streak to 9 games, would cause a lot of shaking in that division.
Red Sox 3 Game Winning Streak:
Its a small streak, the only reason its listed here is to compare it to the Yankee's 6 game streak to show that the Yankees are not the only team in this weekend's match up.
Detroit 4 Game Winning Streak:
This streak has pushed out of below .500 territory and only 5.5 games out of first place. They play the White Sox tonight and if they can keep the streak alive through the series, they will be in a series position to take back the division. They can be a dangerous team and they might showing their stripes finally.
Minnesota 4 Game Losing Streak:
Before this streak started they were right up their with the Sox for the division title. Now their footing is starting to slip, and it couldn't be at a worse time with the Tigers starting to get hot. If the Tigers do damage against the Sox this weekend, then this is the time for the Twins to stop this streak.
Cardinals 4 game Losing Streak:
They would love to beat the Mets this weekend and stop this streak. It has knocked them out of the Wild Card and has made the division harder to reach, especially with the Cubs faltering as of late. There is still a lot of time left in the season, but this losing streak is starting to close their window to the postseason.
Brewers 8 Game Winning Streak:
By far the most important streak in baseball right now. This streak has taken the Brew Crew to the top of the Wild Card standings by beating the number one Cards there and now has them within a one game striking distance of the NL Central top spot. They play Houston now, the worst team in the NL Central, which means this streak can easily continue to build momentum.
