It turns out that, as the Reds taught us Sunday afternoon, the Brewers do, in fact, consist of mortal human beings made of flesh, blood and gristle like the rest of us. The end of their 14-game winning streak did not keep them from dominating our Power Rankings for the third consecutive week. Even with their loss, they’re still eight games up in the NL Central … and six games up on any other team in baseball.

These rankings, as always, are compiled from MLB.com contributors whose names you can find at the bottom of this (and every) piece, but the words are mine. If you dislike the rankings, yell at all of us. But if you dislike the words, feel free to yell at me .

1. Brewers (previously: 1)

Sunday’s loss was, amazingly, the Brewers’ first loss in the month of August. Everything else h

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