The best team in baseball took the field at Citi Field on Tuesday, a group whose infrastructure David Stearns helped breathe into existence and watched thrive.
That team played the Mets.
The 2026 Brewers represent so much of what the 2026 Mets are not, from typical excellence to typical efficiency.
Barring an unforeseen collapse from the club that entered play with the No. 1 seed in the National League, the Brewers will be in the postseason for a fourth straight season and an eighth in the past nine with a roster that cannot dream about Juan Soto money.
