How do you get the national baseball media to believe that the Milwaukee Brewers can carry the playoff weight this October?

A pair of double-digit winning streaks over about a month helps.

But in addition to this 25-4 heater that the Brewers are on, they’re also are 37-21 against teams over .500 and an astounding 27-14 against teams currently in the playoffs.

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They have 14 games left against teams that would make the playoffs currently, including five at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs.

And with a 6½-game lead over Chicago in the National League Central Division, the Brewers are looking down at the rest of both leagues, ranked a clear No. 1 in the latest MLB power rankings:

You’re only as good as your next day’s starting pitcher and the Brewers’ starting pitching has been very good. Johnnie Flores Jr. of The Athletic focuses on Brandon Woodruff:

“Since rejoining the Brewers’ rotation on July 6, Woodruff has been nothing but nails through six starts, having limited opponents to a 2.29 ERA over 35â…“ innings. In starts against the Mets and Mariners, both of whom figure to be playing in October, Woodruff pitched 13 combined innings of two-run ball, with 13 strikeouts against just two walks.”

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We’re supposed to take one game at a time, but Joel Reuter is already looking ahead — as he should be.

“The Brewers have yet to lose a game in August, outscoring opponents by a 70-33 margin during their nine-game winning streak while seizing control of the NL Central race. They will play five games in four days against the division rival Cubs at Wrigley Field starting Aug. 18, and those will be the final head-to-head games between the two NL Central front-runners. That entire series will be must-see TV, as will this Tuesday’s game against Pirates ace Paul Skenes.”

“The Milwaukee Brewers are making an utter mockery out of Major League Baseball,” Matt Snyder writes.

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It’s hard to argue with him.

“Yes, the same Brewers that started the season 0-4 with a -32 run differential. The same Brewers that were 25-28 through May 24. They have been playing like one of the greatest teams in MLB history since. …

“They were down 5-0 early in the game on Sunday and I thought to myself, ‘They 100% will come back and win.’ Yep. That’s just how things are going for them right now.”

Want to create seperation in the standings? According to Rowan Kavner, numbers don’t lie.

“Remember when the Brewers started the year 25-28? Well, they’ve won 48 of their last 64 games since then and are playing like they’ll never lose again. Since the break, the Brewers have as many sweeps (four) as total losses (four). “

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Will Leetch says this is the best the Brewers have ever performed.

“This is, no question, as good as it has gotten for the Brewers, really, as a franchise. The team has famously made the World Series only once, and its winning percentage is, by far, the highest it has ever reached. “

The Brewers are so hot, D.J. Short points out that hitting triple digits in the W column is reachable.

“The Brewers can do no wrong right now … and currently find themselves on pace for a 101-win season.”

Gabe Lacques notes that the New York Mets would have probably preferred a postponement Sunday.

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“Neither rain — tons of it, flooding the ballpark area — nor their Mets-related demons could stop a weekend sweep capped by a walk-off.”

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee Brewers firmly atop latest MLB power rankings