Milwaukee Brewers and playoffs are something I don’t think many Brewers fans thought was possible this season. They never went over .500 all year. They failed to do that nine different times this season. Milwaukee currently has a 29-31 record but they’re playing playoff baseball. Why did this happen? Well for starters, the teams around them weren’t very good either. The Philadelphia Phillies might have the worst bullpen in baseball. San Francisco could have easily beat a Padres team playing for nothing and didn’t. The brewers did get in by the process of elimination yet still it’s a playoff experience in a very weird year. You might as well embrace it and see what happens.

Can the Brewers actually contend in the playoffs? They need to find their hitting early. It seems like the problem for Milwaukee is if they’re not hitting the baseball early, they will not hit at all. Brewers end up pressing with both their pitching staff and their hitters. Pitchers know it’s not a night for the offense, and the offense tries to capture any magic. Further, if Christian Yelich got going next week it would boost Milwaukee’s chances to have a shot at the Dodgers. Brewers do have a bullpen that is World Series-talented in the back end. That is Milwaukee’s biggest strength and probably a bigger one than what the Dodgers have in their pen.

It was incredible though to hear Brewers openly admit that it wasn’t a good season. David Stearns took a ton of blame for himself that they did not have a good season with the guys they brought in. That comment is extremely self-aware and should make you feel good about next season. Stearns knows that pulled the boom/bust lever a little too much and needs to dial it back next year. While a lot of things didn’t pan out, Dan Vogelbach has been a major addition for the Crew, and when not having blisters, Brett Anderson has been adequate too. This should make you excited for next season but there is still unfinished business left.

There are still a few players who remain on the team from the 2018 squad that lost to Los Angeles. They remember the Dodgers pulled off a win in Game 7, and Milwaukee getting eliminated. There is a revenge angle here that the Brewers will be looking to take advantage of. We’ll see if they can avenge 2018.

Charlie.