Most folks say the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry is iconic in the annals of baseball history. You won’t get any arguments from fans of the storied franchises, but the Brewers might like a word. Milwaukee won the NL Central in three of the last four seasons, and if you discard the shortened 2020 season, you have to go all the way back to 2017 to find a Cubs team that won more games than their Wisconsin counterparts.
The Brewers are 19 games better than the Cubs since the start of the 2023 season, and poaching Craig Counsell a year ago did little to change things.