Generally speaking, I start eyeing a topic for the Power Rankings intro around Friday. Last Sunday, though, I told myself one thing was off-limits: I'm not writing on the Brewers again. I had done so two straight weeks and three of the last four.

One of their most impressive wins during that franchise-record 14-game win streak came on Friday night. The Brewers faced an 8-1 deficit after two innings against the Reds and clawed their way back on the strength of two homers and five RBI from Christian Yelich — doing so while using his customized Bob Uecker bat for player’s weekend.

By Grant Brisbee, Chad Jennings and Levi Weaver Every week,​ we​ ask a selected group of our baseball​ writers​ — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results.

SportsLine's model simulated Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago Cubs 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for Monday afternoon's Game 1 matchup at Wrigley Field in Chicago

Brewers: Jacob Misiorowski (4-1, 3.89 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 50 strikeouts); Cubs: Colin Rea (9-5, 3.99 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 90 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Brewers -114, Cubs -105; over/under is 7 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs lead 2-1 in a five-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers.