Only a little fun

 Judge hit 60 early this week leaving 61 (and presumably 62) there for fans to watch which is good because this week didn't set up much of anything new. 

In the AL East the Yankees rolled, while the Jays and Rays mucked around. The Yanks are pretty firmly in control at this point.  The Rays and Jays AND Seattle all playing middling ball gave the Orioles an opening, but they did nothing with it, unable to use a well-timed Tigers series for anything other than disappointment. They aren't out of it but now need that special run or special crash. 

In the AL Central Cleveland took care of business, beat up on the Twins and the White Sox making them pretty much moot for the division title and since they all are mediocre, the Wild Card too. 

In the NL Central St. Louis was middling but Milwaukee only marginally better.  The same happened with the WC teams of San Diego and Philly.  The effect was the Brewers are in a tiny bit better spot then they were when the week began. This does nothing for the division - so that's pretty much over, but it keeps the WC in play. 

Meanwhile in the East the Mets and Braves matched eachother keeping that of interest which is good because there's a decent chance that's all we'll be looking at in a week. 

Braves @ Phillies remains the series of the weekend as neither team can afford to lose and achieve their goals, though with the Braves in the playoffs in some capacity it's not as exciting as it could be. 

The rest depends on the chasers - Milwaukee and Baltimore. If they win then watching Jays @ Rays, Sea @ KC, and SD @ Col takes on some added intrigue. 

As for the Nats they don't hit except for Meneses and the bullpen does the job of keeping the loses close and giving the Nats the occasional close win. It's a slow bleed out to 100 and a weak Marlins offense probably won't help end the march to 100 any quicker. Figure 55-99 coming back on Monday? That's kind of a fun record.