The Milwaukee Brewers went 2-1 against both the Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays during the regular season, so on paper, there's no clear favorite in that regard.

The Rays just won two of three games in Cleveland to take a 3-2 series lead, guaranteeing themselves a chance to clinch this series in front of their home crowd at Tropicana Field.

Tampa Bay has made the World Series on two occasions, though one of those was the modified 2020 season, so it should be taken with a grain of salt.

Similar to the Brewers, the Rays have never won the World Series. 

When it comes to the Guardians, they last made it in 2016, but fell to the Brewers' greatest rival, the Chicago Cubs, in seven games.

In fact, the Guardians have lost each of their last two World Series appearances in seven games, and they haven't won it all since 1948.

If this boiled down to who the Brewers would rather face because both of these teams have been in this position before, that can be thrown out the window.

What each team has done this year is extremely impressive, no doubt, but this is a brand new position for most of the players on all three teams.

In the Guardians' five losses this postseason, they tend to give up three or four runs per game, though they did allow seven in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series.

Both teams were able to skip the Wild Card round, though Tampa Bay got it done in three games while the White Sox needed all five in the ALDS.

The Rays shockingly gave up seven runs at home to start the ALCS, but since then they've only allowed seven runs in the next four games combined.

Drew Rasmussen is coming off an absolute gem in Game 5, and former Brewers ace Freddy Peralta, the expected Game 6 starter, picked up the win in Game 2 against the Guardians.

Gavin Williams has been a monster for the Guardians this season with his 2-0 record and 2.16 ERA, and then obviously the Brewers would have to worry about star closer Cade Smith.

Due to a Game 4 rainout, Games 4 through 7 are set to be played in four consecutive days. That's rare at this stage in the postseason, and knowing the Brewers had a full week off, they'd love to see either team only have two full days of rest before coming to American Family Field on Friday, Oct. 23.