The Milwaukee Brewers completed another series sweep, rolling past the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-5 on Wednesday night. The win stretched their winning streak to 12 games and solidified their position as MLB’s top team at 76-44. Los Angeles Dodgers eight-time All-Star Mookie Betts admitted he hadn’t paid much attention to Milwaukee early in the season, but after facing them on the field, he now clearly sees what drives their success.
Before the season began, most baseball fans would not have predicted the Brewers to hold the league’s best record as the postseason approached. That is the beauty of the sport, where any club can surge from obscurity and transform into a dominant force ready to contend for a World Series title.
“At first, you’re a little surprised like, ‘Wow, they’re doing really well. They do all facets well.’ But when you play against them, you really see why. They have starting pitching, they have relieving, and they have speed, defense, timely hitting. They have belief in each other – you can definitely see they believe in each other. That’s a close-knit group over there,” Mookie Betts remarked via Fox News’ Scott Thompson.
Mookie Betts praising the Brewers
Although many view the Brewers as a surprise team in 2025, Betts pointed out that their success is nothing new. Milwaukee captured the NL Central crown in each of the past two seasons and is on track to claim a third by the close of this regular season. They have also reached the postseason in six of the last seven years.
“The Brewers have always been a really good ballclub. They’ve always been around the bubble, they’ve been in the playoffs a lot,” Betts continued.
The Brewers have consistently found success, but their deepest run came in the 2018 NLCS, where they fell to the Dodgers in Game 7. Betts was not part of Milwaukee’s roster then, instead defeating them as a Boston Red Sox player to capture the first of his three World Series titles.
Since reaching the NLCS, the Brewers have progressed only as far as the NLDS. Over the last two seasons, they have been eliminated in the NL Wild Card round, suffering a tough Game 3 loss to the red-hot New York Mets, who continued their run to the NLCS.
The Dodgers have dropped all six matchups with the Brewers this year. Milwaukee holds the league’s third-best team ERA at 3.59, trailing only the Texas Rangers at 3.32 and the San Diego Padres at 3.55. Whether that level of pitching carries through an October playoff push remains to be seen, but Betts and the rest of MLB would hardly be shocked if it does.
