MLB at the quarter mark: What we've learned from first 40-game stretch of season

The wise men and women of baseball love to divide every season into 40-game increments. We’d like to thank them, right here and now, for that — because it provides such a convenient excuse to write columns like this one. So here it comes …What We’ve Learned from the First 40 Games in 2026.We had to wait until now to write this because it took until Wednesday for all 30 teams to cross the 40-game mile marker. But once they got there, it was time to take stock of another fascinating season.Advertisement