MLB Streak Watch
MLB Streak Watch, Boston Red Sox's Run Hits 5
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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.
As of this morning, three different teams are riding runs of three or more in one direction or the other, a busy board by any standard.
Riding high
Boston Red Sox have won five straight, the longest active run in the league. Winning streaks change how a club carries itself, every bounce feels earned, every close game feels like it belongs to them until somebody proves otherwise.
Los Angeles Dodgers are building a case of their own at 4 straight.
Going the wrong way
Washington Nationals cannot find the exit: four consecutive losses and counting. The schedule keeps coming regardless, which is either mercy or cruelty depending on the next opponent.
Worth remembering
At 5 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.
One to circle: Boston Red Sox meet Los Angeles Angels in their next game, and we will find out quickly whether this stretch travels.