Unbelievable stat proves Brewers have what it takes to win in the postseason

Considering that they spent most of the first two months struggling to stay a couple of games below .500, taking two of three from the AL East-leading Blue Jays to open up a five-game lead for the best record in baseball should qualify as an unmitigated success for the Milwaukee Brewers.

And yet, it's a testament to the quality of this team that a sloppy performance in the final game in Toronto is what fans remember from that series.

Even after that disappointing loss in the series finale against the Blue Jays, the Brewers are now 15-4 on the season against the current division leaders, as pointed out by Milwaukee's Senior Director of Media Relations, Mike Vassallo, on the social media platform X. They have swept both the Phillies and Dodgers, and taken two out of three against the Blue Jays, Tigers, and Astros.

By all accounts, the Brewers are the team to beat heading into the home stretch of the regular season.

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Even when you include the team's two most recent games -- that loss to the Blue Jays on Aug. 31 and a Labor Day loss to the Phillies -- the Brewers still have a 78.9% win percentage against division leaders this year.

Considering how they started the season, this full-throttle performance has been impressive to watch. Take out those two most recent performances (which came at the end of the grueling 19-games-in-18-days stretch), and the team's win rate against the other best teams in baseball is a whopping 88.2%.

Plus, with a day off following Labor Day, the Brewers now get four days off in September, tied for the most in the league this month. There's a good chance they can bounce back from the setbacks against the Blue Jays and Phillies.

For those wondering, the Brewers were 10-12 against division winners last year. That breaks down as follows:

Yankees: 1-2
Guardians: 3-0
Astros: 1-2
Phillies: 2-4
Dodgers: 3-4

Disregarding that sweep of the Guardians, the Brewers had a losing record against the other four division winners last season. Quite a stark contrast this time around, no?

Now, of course, success against these teams in the regular season doesn't necessarily portend a deep postseason run. The Brewers went 5-1 against the Mets in the 2024 regular season before... well, you know.

Still, it's rather promising that the Brewers have accumulated their MLB-best record by beating up on teams of all shapes and sizes, rather than just pretenders and also-rans. If this momentum carries forth into October, it's hard not to consider Milwaukee one of the favorites.