The Milwaukee Brewers last missed the playoffs in 2022, when they won just 86 games, but since then they’ve posted campaigns of 92 and 93 victories. This season, however, their modest streak of two straight postseason appearances could be in jeopardy.

Two years ago, the New York Yankees missed the playoffs for the first time in seven years. Last season, they bounced back, winning 94 games and becoming AL Champs before bowing to the Dodgers in the World Series. So far this season, New York is off to an even better start, winning its first three before dropping the last two.

Since bottoming out at 71 wins in 2021, the Chicago Cubs have slowly built themselves up, moving to 74 victories in 2022 and 83 in each of the last two seasons. Now, can they take the next step and get back to the playoffs for the first time since 2020?

Since winning 92 games in 2022, it’s been downhill for the Toronto Blue Jays. They dropped to 89 wins the following season, and missed the playoffs last year when they managed just 74 victories.

All told, Muncy was solid last year, posting some superb counting cat totals, although walking a smidge less often.

The Detroit Tigers have authored one of the most fun stories in baseball over the last few months, from their improbable and amazing run down the stretch to make the postseason, to their shockingly easy upset of a playoff-tested Houston squad.

He delivered hits in both games he played in this series to help take the sting out of what was an extremely difficult second half. In a part-time role, Bauers kept improving each month, capped by a superb June in which he got on base 40 per cent of the time.