This article is coming a bit early in the season, with 48 games remaining for both the Cubs and Brewers, as they both vie for the NL Central title.
But with both clubs having nine games to play before their important five-game series at Wrigley Field beginning Aug. 18, the last time the Cubs and Brewers will meet in the 2025 regular season, I thought it would be useful to have a look at what’s left for the two clubs.
Further, this was inspired by some discussion Thursday about a comment I made regarding my feeling that the current Brewers run isn’t “sustainable.” I’ll get to that in a moment, but first, it should be noted that the Cubs will almost certainly still be in second place in the NL Central when that series begins on the 18th. Unless the Cubs go on some sort of spectacular run o