MLB Streak Watch
Streak Watch in MLB: Oakland Athletics at 9 and Counting
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Every result in MLB feeds a streak somewhere, and a few of them have now grown big enough to deserve names. Everything below comes straight off the results; nothing fancier than counting.
Count them up and seven teams are currently on streaks of at least three, so there is no shortage of momentum stories to argue about.
The win-column crowd
Philadelphia Phillies just keep stacking, five 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.
Kansas City Royals are building a case of their own at 3 straight.
Milwaukee Brewers join the party at 3 straight.
Stuck in the barrel
On the other side of the ledger, Oakland Athletics have dropped nine straight. Losing streaks carry their own gravity, the pressing starts, the bounces stop cooperating, and close games keep finding the same ending.
Washington Nationals have dropped 4 in a row themselves.
Houston Astros have lost 3 straight themselves, in case anyone at the cold end needed company.
At a glance
Every active streak of three or more, in one place:
| Team | Active streak |
|---|---|
| Oakland Athletics | lost 9 straight |
| Philadelphia Phillies | won 5 straight |
| Washington Nationals | lost 4 straight |
| Kansas City Royals | won 3 straight |
| Milwaukee Brewers | won 3 straight |
The fine print
At 9 games, the board's longest streak is officially a main character; nothing else in the league gets talked about the same way while it lives.
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.
Next up on the slate: Athletics against Kansas City Royals. Check back after that one goes final.