The 2024 Milwaukee Brewers were not a team with high outside expectations. Most national pundits had them finishing fourth or even fifth in the division; we’ve heard this story a lot at this point in the season, but it was thought that the loss of the team’s two ace pitchers (Corbin Burnes to trade and Brandon Woodruff to injury) and their leader, Craig Counsell, would lead to the team taking a step back.
It hasn’t happened. It’s about to be September, and the Brewers have the league’s biggest division lead by a comfortable margin (Milwaukee is 10 games ahead of Chicago and St.