The Brewers Are Quietly Doing What Everyone Said They Couldn't Do
Look, we're a week and a half into baseball, so let's just get this out of the way right now: things can change. Fast. But while everyone is obsessing over the Yankees and Dodgers throwing their massive payrolls around, there's a conversation we need to have about Milwaukee.
The Brewers are 7-2 with a plus-28 run differential. In the smallest market in baseball. That's not luck. That's not a fluke. That's the Brewers being the Brewers.
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People love to talk about big-market dominance in baseball, and yeah, the Yankees and Dodgers have been stellar so far. The Dodgers are 7-2 and rolling without even playing their best baseball. The Yankees? They're rolling with a rotation missing Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón, but Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton are carrying the load anyway, and Ben Rice has stepped up huge.
But here's the thing: the Brewers just made the playoffs seven of the last eight seasons. In the smallest market in baseball. They won the NL Central three straight years coming into 2026 and had the best record and run differential in baseball last year. So why wouldn't they be dominant again?
Business as Usual in Milwaukee
The Brewers demolished their opening homestand at 5-1, winning their first two games by a combined 20-3 before nearly choking it away in game three. Then they scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth to steal that one late. It's the kind of thing that reminds you they can absolutely throttle you one night and pull off a magical comeback the next.
They took two of three in Kansas City against a Royals team that looks strong this season. That's an early statement.
And Then There's Pittsburgh
The Pirates started 1-3 through four games, but don't sleep on them either. They had one loss go to extra innings, and the offense never stopped swinging even after Paul Skenes had an awful, fluky outing on Opening Day. They bounced back with a series win over Cincinnati.
The Yankees' early road trip to San Francisco and Seattle felt pretty strong at the time. But the real story? Milwaukee is proving that market size doesn't determine destiny in baseball, at least not yet.
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