MLB Streak Watch, Athletics's Run Hits 4

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.

As of this morning, six different teams are riding runs of three or more in one direction or the other, a busy board by any standard.

The teams stacking wins

Cleveland Guardians just keep stacking, three 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 3-game winning run of their own.

Going the wrong way

The skid to watch belongs to Athletics, losers of four in a row. Runs like this always end eventually; the only question is how much damage gets done before they do.

St. Louis Cardinals have dropped 3 in a row themselves.

And Colorado Rockies are quietly carrying a 3-game slide of their own.

At a glance

Every active streak of three or more, in one place:

The fine print

A 4-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, Athletics face Cleveland Guardians next, so this story gets its next chapter almost immediately.