MLB Streak Watch, Athletics's Run Hits 6

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

Riding high

Cleveland Guardians 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.

San Diego Padres carry a 5-game winning run of their own.

Add Pittsburgh Pirates to the list too, 4 in a row.

The skids

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

Kansas City Royals are on a slide of their own at 4 straight losses.

And Miami Marlins are quietly carrying a 3-game slide of their own.

At a glance

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

Worth remembering

The longest run on the board sits at 6 games, and runs that size have a way of bending a whole week's storylines around them, every broadcast, every pregame note, every nervous manager quote.

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: Athletics meet Los Angeles Angels in their next game, and we will find out quickly whether this stretch travels.