We could call the Brewers the hottest team in baseball. We could, but even that would be an understatement.
All but forgotten amid the Cubs' hot start, the Brewers didn't permanently climb above .500 until late May, and on June 17, they were a season-worst 6 1/2 games out of first place. That was the point at which the tides turned in Milwaukee, and not two months later, the Brewers aren't just leading the NL Central -- they're the best team in baseball by record, and it's not close.
A tear like that all but requires a few sustained winning streaks, but the Brewers have taken it a step further. With a 7-1 victory over the Pirates on Aug. 11 , the Crew won its 10th in a row ... again, because the Brewers' run had already featured a 10-game winning streak in July. The 2025 Brewers, as