MLB Power Rankings: National League playoff race looks like a baseball fan's dream (just don't look at the AL) — SkimNews
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- Brewers are pacing to set their franchise record in single-season wins for the second straight year, with the source calling them 'the best team in baseball' amid a 'Golden Era of Brewers baseball'
- Phillies fired their manager after a disastrous start and have gone 72-44 since, a full-season pace of 100 wins, currently projected as the four seed
- Cubs posted stretches of 20-3 and 41-17 this season and are on pace to top 90 wins, currently slotted as the five seed
- Braves are on pace for 96 wins and would have to play in the Wild Card Series as the three seed
- The NL could feature three 96+ win division winners and two wild cards with at least 91 victories — a level of dominance the source says you'd have to go back to the 2019 AL to match
- The article cites 2015 as a cautionary tale: a 90-win Mets team won the NL while the 100-win Cardinals, 98-win Pirates, 97-win Cubs, and 92-win Dodgers all failed to advance — a reminder not to discount the six seed
- Padres upset the 111-win Dodgers in the 2022 NLDS, and the 84-win Diamondbacks swept the 100-win Dodgers in 2023 — both cited as evidence that lower seeds can topple top NL powers
Why it matters: The Phillies' 72-44 turnaround after firing their manager turned a disastrous start into a 100-win pace, while the 2015 reminder — where a 90-win Mets team won the NL over 100-win Cardinals and 98-win Pirates — shows that this stacked NL doesn't guarantee the best regular-season team will win it all.
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