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.

The Brewers are looking down at the rest of both leagues, ranked a clear No. 1 in Major League Baseball power rankings

The whirlwind of activity at the trade deadline plus the three series since then have given us increased clarity on how teams view themselves and how they stack up against one another. Of course, that doesn’t make the rest of the regular season any more predictable — last year’s Tigers offer a humbling reminder that there are surely more twists