Speaking of strange deadlines, the Braves are 15.5 games back in the division and 14 games back of a wild-card spot. It has been a miserable year in Atlanta. Yet they did nothing to improve their future, holding onto Marcell Ozuna and Raisel Iglesias despite both becoming free agents at the end of the year.

T he recent report of a locker room confrontation between Phillies star Bryce Harper and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred -- which Manfred himself said was overblown -- caused another uprising of the salary cap fetishists.

It's Monday, August 4 and the Brewers (67-44) are in Atlanta to take on the Braves (47-63). Quinn Priester is slated to take the mound for Milwaukee against Erick Fedde for Atlanta. The Brewers are coming off a sweep of the Nationals and are 6-1 in the last nine games as they continue to heat up.

The Milwaukee Brewers are headed to Atlanta as they’ll wrap up their six-game road trip through the NL East against the Atlanta Braves. The Brewers are still red-hot, as they’ve won three straight and six of their last seven to remain atop the NL Central and MLB standings, two games up on the Cubs for the best record.