The Milwaukee Brewers are the best team in baseball.Stop me if you've heard this before.
It really doesn't matter what the Brewers do; they seemingly always have a great regular season.Hat tip to them, because they've built their team the right way.
Just to put things in perspective, these are guys who have left the organization in the past few seasons: Freddy Peralta, Corbin Burnes, Josh Hader, Willy Adames, Craig Counsell, and you can count Brandon Woodruff if you want to include losing him to a season-ending injury this year.Multiple All-Star pitchers, a solid hitter, and a well-regarded manager, and they haven't missed a beat.Christian Yelich #22 of the Milwaukee Brewers celebrates his second solo home run of the game during the sixth inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on August 15, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
(Jason Mowry/Getty Images)They still have plenty of talent, and they tend to focus on young guys who can be controllable.It helps that their minor league system has a lot of talent, but they also do a good job of developing guys.
One of them is Logan Henderson, who is having a nice stretch in the big leagues.Henderson is 6-1 for the season with a 2.70 ERA and a 0.90 WHIP.
He has racked up 62 strikeouts in 50 innings of work.He has never faced the Padres in his young career.
He's been good on the road, and of the seven homers he has allowed this season, just one was on the road.The San Diego Padres are doing basically what they always do, as well.They have a solid squad, but they underperform and make the entire season a challenge.
They are five games above .500 and currently sit one game behind the Phillies for the final Wild Card spot.Surprisingly, the Diamondbacks are ahead of them at the moment.
The concern for the Padres has to be that they have a -10 run differential.The Phillies are even, but if the season ended today with them making the postseason, only San Diego and anyone from the AL West would have a negative d...