NL CENTRAL, MLB SCHEDULE
The MLB schedule is messed up this year. If you look at the NL Central the overwhelming majority of intradivision games are played before the all-star break. The Cardinals and Cubs don't play each other after something like late July and there are a lot of other examples like that. What does it all mean?

Well, for now it means that all the teams are bunched together, because on most nights half the teams are winning and half of them are losing. It makes it difficult for a team to leapfrog a few other teams while there is so much intradivison play. Also, it means that as we get out of this abyss of divisional matchups there will begin to be more separation. Will Cincinnati continue to play well? What about Milwaukee? Is St. Louis for real? Will Houston get back on top of the division? Will the Cubs win the division like most people thought they would? Lots of questions here and they will all be answered as the season continues.