2026 Milwaukee Brewers

2026 Milwaukee Brewers / Franchise: Milwaukee Brewers / BR Team Page

Record: , Finished in NL Central Division (2026 NL)

Managed by Pat Murphy

Coaches: Spencer Allen, Nestor Corredor, Matt Erickson, Charlie Greene, Jim Henderson, Chris Hook, Jason Lane, Guillermo Martinez, Juan Sandoval, Eric Theisen and Daniel Vogelbach

Ballpark: American Family Park

History, Comments, Contributions

The 2026 Milwaukee Brewers were coming off a 2025 season in which they had posted the best record in the National League and reached the NLCS, yet they did not get much love from prognosticators heading into the new season. As was the norm for them, they had been active on the trade front during the off-season, but at first glance it looked as if the moves they had made had only weakened the team. Gone were ace Freddy Peralta and solid swingman Tobias Myers, both dealt to the New York Mets in return for two prospects, and their other big trade had resulted in the departure of 3B Caleb Durbin, coming off a strong rookie season, and utility player Andruw Monasterio in return for If David Hamilton, who had been surplus to the needs of the Boston Red Sox and a couple of young pitchers. Neither of those moves screamed "win now", which may explain why most observers expected the team to fall back this year.

With last year's rookie sensation, Jacob Misiorowski, starting and winning on Opening Day against the Chicago White Sox on March 26th, the Brewers started the year on the right foot and were 8-2 after their first ten games. However, thy followed that with a six-game losing streak and finished April at 16-14, thanks to winning three of their last four. Every team in the NL Central was playing well at that point, so a winning record only placed them fourth. However, they moved into another gear in early May, as with the late April surge, they went on a 9-3 run, capped by a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees on May 8-10, that put them back into second place at 22-16. It was the first time they had swept the Yankees this century, an occurrence that was more common when the two teams were league rivals (and, for a long time, division rivals) until the Brewers switched leagues in 1998. The surge coincided with the return of two big offensive cogs, OF Jackson Chourio and 1B Andrew Vaughn, who had both missed the first five weeks of the season, and who both hit extremely well in their first week back. Until then the offensive leader had been 2B Brice Turang, who was leading the NL with an OBP of .420 and whose OPS+ was 163 after 35 games. He had put the exclamation mark on the sweep of the Yankees by hitting a walk-off homer off David Bednar with two outs in the bottom of the 9th in the final game of the series, the first such hit of his career. On the pitching side, both Misiorowski and Kyle Harrison, obtained in the trade with Boston, had posted ERAs below 2.50 while Aaron Ashby was already 7-0 coming out of the bullpen.

The Brewers' winning ways continued with a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on May 18-20. That gave them 11 wins in their last 13 games, and 16 in their last 21. At 29-18, they were now 1 1/2 games in front of the Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals in the Central Division. The finale of the Cubs series featured another great performance by Harrison. After failing to pitch to his potential in his first three season with the Giants and Red Sox, he was having a break-out season with the Brewers, his record at 5-1, 1.77 after 9 starts. By completing another three-game sweep, this one of the Colorado Rockies on the road at Coors Field, thanks to a 12-4 win on June 7th, the Brewers recorded their 40th win after just 63 games. This was the fastest they had reached that number in franchise history. On June 12th, Misiorowski authored what was immediately described as the greatest pitching performance in franchise history: in a start at home against the Philadelphia Phillies, he pîtched a one-hitter, recording both the first complete game and shutout of his young career (the game came on the first anniversary of his major league debut), but that was just the beginning. He faced the minimum 27 batters, as the only batter to reach base, Bryce Harper who singled to lead off the 4th, was erased on a double play, and he struck out 15 batters, yet needed only 95 pitches to do so, recording a Maddux. 58 of his pitches were measured at 100 mph or above, topping out at 104.5 mph. In his last eight starts, Misiorowski had an ERA of 0.17 and allowed just one extra-base hit while striking out 80 opponents.

On July 6th, thanks to a 4-3 win over the Cardinals, the Brewers made it back to .500 since moving to the National League in 1998. They were a cool 23 games over the mark for the season, and the win brought their record since 1998 to 1,261-1,261 with one tie. They had last been at .500 when they were 57-57 on August 5th of their inaugural NL season, before losing their next game, finishing 14 games below par, and not making it back to even ground until now.

Awards and Honors

• All-Stars: William Contreras and Jacob Misiorowski

Further Reading

• Thomas Harrigan: "How are Brewers dominating again? An offense more common in 1930s offers a hint", mlb.com, May 21, 2026. [1]
• Adam McCalvy: "Brewers bring back 'reimagined' powder blues as primary road uniform", mlb.com, December 4, 2025. [2]
• Adam McCalvy: "Turang's walk-off blast gives Brewers first sweep of Yankees this century", mlb.com, May 10, 2026. [3]
• Adam McCalvy: "Comeback win helps Brewers reach elusive franchise milestone", mlb.com, July 7, 2026. [4]

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