Ken Rosenthal flip-flopping on Brewers' success should have Milwaukee fans up in arms

The success of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2025 is making a lot of folks around Major League Baseball eat their words. Not only are the Brewers the best team in baseball, they're 5.5 games better than the next best team in the National League and doing it all with under-the-radar talent.

Quite frankly, some of the discourse surrounding the Brewers this season should enrage the fanbase. Senior writer for The Athletic and MLB field reporter Ken Rosenthal is one of the many people who have contradicted themselves about the Brewers over the last few months.

Ken Rosenthal has contradicted himself about the 2025 Brewers

Back in June, Rosenthal appeared on Foul Territory and claimed that the Brewers should be a seller at the deadline. He threw out the idea that Milwaukee could trade Freddy Peralta to open up opportunities for younger players.

By late July, Rosenthal was advocating for Milwaukee to add Eugenio Suárez, and he took a shot at some of the underrated talent that has helped the Brewers thrive.

"If the Brewers are preparing to make a play on Suárez or some other unsuspecting trade candidate, they sure aren’t acting like it. Ask club officials about upgrading the left side of the infield, and they respond as if Joey Ortiz and Durbin are Derek Jeter and Alex Rodríguez," he wrote for The Athletic.

"Ask them about reinforcing the bullpen, and they sing the glories of Trevor Megill, Abner Uribe and company."

Milwaukee was right to bet on internal options

Milwaukee made some minor additions of catcher Danny Jansen, reliever Shelby Miller, and outfielder Brandon Lockridge, but once again, the Brewers are proving Rosenthal and the rest of their doubters in baseball wrong.

Joey Ortiz is batting .343 since the trade deadline with eight multi-hit efforts. Abner Uribe has not allowed an earned run over his last 16 outings. His ERA is a perfect 0.00 since the trade deadline.

Trevor Megill has produced all season, with a 2.54 ERA and 30 saves to his name this year.

Meanwhile, Suárez is batting .175 with a .614 OPS since being traded to Seattle. Andrew Vaughn and Isaac Collins are both proving to be far more impactful offensive forces over the past few weeks.

The Brewers are always doubted, despite having great results

It should fire up Brewers fans just how frequently the team is doubted by people in the national media. The organization's homegrown players don't get the credit they deserve, and the front office has an incredible track record that often gets brushed under the rug.

The Yankees and Mets were praised after the deadline for going all in on the 2025 season, but both teams are under .500 since August 1. The Brewers, on the other hand, are 17-6.

Not only is Rosenthal, and plenty of other pundits, constantly flip-flopping on the Brewers’ success, they are also consistently wrong.

I don't believe Mark Attanasio opted not to trade for Suárez or make a deadline splash because of stubbornness. GM Matt Arnold simply knows what he's doing, and making a trade just for the sake of generating buzz would jeopardize the organization's future.

It's about time baseball got on board with the way the Brewers do business. Based on their record alone, they clearly have a leg up on the rest of the league.