While the Milwaukee Brewers had the best first half in franchise history, the 2026 MLB season is far from over.

Injuries could derail everything. To this point, they haven't, but manager Pat Murphy knows he has his work cut out for him.

Hitting wise, this team is as healthy as it gets. Christian Yelich may be slumping a bit, but he seems to be at 100%. After Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn missed the first month or so, everyone in that aspect is good to go for the second half.

Pitching wise, things get interesting. It should be noted that since their recent Lance McCullers Jr. trade took place after the All-Star game, that won't be included in the Brewers first-half grade. Either way, they would've earned the same grade as this team has certainly showed what they're capable of.

In all honesty, Milwaukee could've gotten a solid A had they not dropped four of their last five (including three straight) heading into the All-Star break. The Brewers had a chance to join an exclusive club with 60 first half wins, but instead, they limped into the break at 59-37.

Obviously there's nothing wrong with that record. It's good for the second-best record in all of baseball, and gives the Brewers a five-game cushion in the National League Central.

Again, injuries could change everything. Jacob Misiorowski was scratched from his final first-half start, so that's certainly something to monitor going into the second half.

Logan Henderson is indeed back, but just how far is this rotation going to be able to get without the likes of Quinn Priester and Brandon Woodruff? Names like Shane Drohan, Robert Gasser, and Brandon Sproat have been serviceable, for now, but can that continue through the end of September?

Arm fatigue was the reason given for Miz missing his final start, and he went on to not even pitch in the All-Star Game. Misiorowski is a true Cy Young Award candidate, and his one-two combo with Kyle Harrison has been remarkable. Now though, Harrison finds himself on the 15-day Injured List.

Offensively, Jake Bauers is as good as it gets. The Brewers home run leader has already reached his career high (18) and he also leads the team in OBP (.373).

Both William Contreras and Brice Turang have also been contributing, though it feels like they haven't reached that next level that Brewers fans have come to expect, even though Contreras leads the team in batting average (.282) and hits (97) while Turang has a team high 60 RBIs.

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