MLB power rankings: Epic win streak has Brewers running away with NL's top seed – USA Today

The streak is over. But its ramifications will live on for months.
Finally, after free burgers and tearful tributes and two weeks that cemented their status as the game’s best club, the Milwaukee Brewers lost a baseball game.
Yet their Aug. 17 defeat to the Cincinnati Reds only snapped a 14-game winning streak. It can’t undo all that was accomplished.
Most notably, the Brewers have a commanding eight-lead in the National League Central, an advantage so large that the Chicago Cubs can’t even undo it if they somehow sweep this jumbo-sized five-game series the teams play this week. And in a bigger-picture sense, the Brewers are primed to grab either of the Nos. 1 or 2 seed in the NL playoffs – meaning some coastal elite from Philly or L.A. or New York will bear the indignity of the wild-card series while the Brew Crew cools its heels in Dairyland.
And let us not forget, they’ve put a vise grip on the No. 1 spot in USA TODAY Sports’ power rankings. Not that they’re too stressed about that very serious designation or other, ostensibly more pressing matters.
“We have the right level of don’t-give-a-(darn),” franchise player Christian Yelich says.
A look at our updated rankings:

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