For weeks, the Milwaukee Brewers’ success was difficult to describe. They weren’t flashy, and there weren’t a lot of frills, but they just found ways to win. After a slow start to a season with low expectations from the outside, they had something to prove.
And now, with the team having put together not only the best stretch in baseball this season but also the best stretch in franchise history, there’s only one way to describe the 2025 Brewers.
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Over the past two months, there has been seemingly nothing the Brewers can’t do. Comeback victories? Done. Blowout wins? Got it. Offensive breakouts? Yep. Elite starting pitching? Of course. And the contributors can be found up and down Milwaukee’s 26-man roster — a roster that has seen plenty of additions throughout the course of the season.
Through their game Wednesday, the Brewers have the best record in the sport by six games, and they were the first team in MLB to clear the 70-win threshold. Calling their recent two-month stretch incredible almost doesn’t do it justice. Since June 1, the Brewers are 45-16; that’s a .738 winning percentage. For perspective, the 2001 Seattle Mariners, who won an MLB-record 116 games, won at a .716 clip.
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Two months is a ridiculous amount of time for the Brewers to sustain play at this level, and while many have been expecting them to cool off, they simply haven’t. With Wednesday’s 12-5 victory to sweep the Pirates, Milwaukee has won 12 straight, marking its second 10-plus-game winning streak just since the start of July. The Brew Crew are the 10th team in the divisional era to have multiple 10-plus-game winning streaks in a season.
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And so the question when it comes to the Milwaukee Brewers’ dominance becomes: How are they doing this? And can they keep it up?
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Well, they’ve made a habit of doing just about everything well. Offensively, the Brewers are second in batting average, second in on-base percentage and fifth in slugging percentage since June began. On the mound, they rank second in starter ERA and third in bullpen ERA. And defensively, they’ve been solid all season, ranking third in outs above average and sixth in defensive runs saved.
“We like putting pressure on and getting guys on base and moving runners, so that’s always going to be our bread and butter,” right fielder Sal Frelick…