I have doubted the Brewers far too many times and I decided in early August to never do it again. I started picking them to win the World Series every chance I got. Every time they traded away someone good (the latest being Freddy Peralta last offseason), I thought, "OK, now is when it finally catches up with them." Only it never does.
I thought they needed Tarik Skubal, both to reinforce their rotation and also to keep him away from the Dodgers. They beat him and swept the Dodgers in the NLCS. It's a juggernaut of an organization.
They churn out talent and get the most out of every player they have. They seem to trade away talent at the exact right time. They develop young stars better than anyone.
There's another one coming in Jesús Made, but there's no reason for Brewers fans to dream about the future when the present is World Series champions. Jackson Chourio is becoming a superstar, Jacob Misiorowski is going to win the National League Cy Young and Christian Yelich is a former MVP, but it isn't really about the big names with this group. It's the entire team making this train run, working as a cohesive unit.
It's Robert Gasser going out and dealing in Game 3 after starting the season in the minors. It's Jake Bauers winning NLCS MVP not too long after he was ready to retire from baseball. It's Aaron Ashby putting up one of the greatest reliever performances in playoff history.
It's Sal Frelick hitting a game-tying bomb. It's Cooper Pratt's coming-out party in the World Series. And on and on and on we could go.
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