Aaron Judge’s monster season for the Yankees has him leading the majors in home runs and runs batted in by a wide margin. A batting title would be icing on the cake.

Looking postseason-ready in a sweep of the Pirates, the Mets have thus far stayed ahead of Atlanta in the N.L. East.

A regular-season force that fizzled in last year’s postseason, the Milwaukee Brewers hope adversity this year will lead to better results in October. They have to get there first.

After achieving a suddenly rare milestone, Max Scherzer focused on the bigger picture: The Mets qualified for the postseason for the first time since 2016.

His speed (and his bat) helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win four pennants and three championships. He was voted the National League’s M.V.P. in 1962.

Judge, the Yankees’ superstar outfielder, became the sixth player to reach the milestone and is one short of tying Roger Maris’s American League record of 61.

By joining Roger Maris and Babe Ruth as the only A.L. players with 60-homer seasons, Judge showed once again that no team does big moments quite like the Yankees.