The Brewers are looking down at the rest of both leagues, ranked a clear No. 1 in Major League Baseball power rankings

Not bad! Unless, of course, your team is hopelessly out of contention and you harbor dreams of your team’s owner spending this coming winter. In that case, you are probably wondering about the pending class of free agents.

The whirlwind of activity at the trade deadline plus the three series since then have given us increased clarity on how teams view themselves and how they stack up against one another. Of course, that doesn’t make the rest of the regular season any more predictable — last year’s Tigers offer a humbling reminder that there are surely more twists