Arizona Diamondbacks 4, Milwaukee Brewers 2: Effectively wild

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY SportsRecord: 31-19. Pace: 100-62. Change on 2016: +10.

Yes, you read that right: we’re already 10 games up on where the Diamondbacks were, 50 games into last season. In 2016, we had just dropped our fourth in a row, losing 10-3 to San Diego, and were just half a game up on the last-place Padres in the division. This year, we have the third-best record in all baseball. I was hoping for some improvement this season, but even allowing for the soft schedule we’ve played, this is startling stuff. Right now, it appears either Mike Hazen and crew are genius, or previous management were staggeringly incompetent. Though I guess there’s no reason it couldn’t be, a little of…