MLB Streak Watch
Streak Watch: Tampa Bay Rays Have Won 9 Straight (MLB)
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Streaks are the league's pulse. You can read the whole mood of MLB off who keeps stacking wins and who cannot find the exit, and this morning's board, counted straight from the results table, has some runs worth talking about.
There are seven clubs carrying streaks of three games or longer at the moment, which tells you something about how streaky this stretch of the calendar has been.
The win-column crowd
Tampa Bay Rays just keep stacking, nine wins in a row, the best active streak going. At some point a run stops being a coincidence and starts being a statement, and they are somewhere past that point.
San Diego Padres carry a 5-game winning run of their own.
Los Angeles Angels join the party at 3 straight.
The skids
Oakland Athletics cannot find the exit: nine consecutive losses and counting. The schedule keeps coming regardless, which is either mercy or cruelty depending on the next opponent.
Kansas City Royals have dropped 4 in a row themselves.
Athletics round out the skid list at 3 in a row.
The board
For the record, here is everything currently running at three-plus:
| Team | Active streak |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Rays | won 9 straight |
| Oakland Athletics | lost 9 straight |
| San Diego Padres | won 5 straight |
| Kansas City Royals | lost 4 straight |
| Los Angeles Angels | won 3 straight |
One more thing
A 9-game run is long enough that it stops being a footnote and starts being the lead, expect it to come up in every broadcast until it ends.
Streaks end, that is the one thing every single one of them does. They tell you where a team has been, loudly, and nothing at all about where the next game is going.
The schedule cooperates, too, Tampa Bay Rays face Baltimore Orioles next, so this story gets its next chapter almost immediately.