With 100 wins and home-field advantage secured, Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy must now balance postseason readiness with player safety.
The Milwaukee Brewers clinched home field advantage thanks to a Los Angeles Dodgers loss at the hands of the San Diego Padres on Thursday, Sept. 25.
Of course, the Brewers' 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies helped as well, and it was a historic win, to say the least.
For the first time ever, the Brewers have won 100 games in the regular season. This is a feat many thought might never happen, but manager Pat Murphy and Co. were able to get the job done here in 2026.
Now, with three games remaining, the Brewers truly have nothing to worry about. Keeping everyone healthy is the name of the game, but they'll role out their expected postseason rotation just to get everyone out there one last time.
Brewers can't overdo it with any pitchers
Play-by-play broadcaster Brian Anderson likes to call Aaron Ashby "everyday Aaron" due to the fact it feels like he's coming out of the bullpen on a nightly basis.
With three games left to play, there shouldn't be much of a reason to see anyone pitch more than twice.
Even if it's a close game and it would be a situation where the likes of Abner Uribe or Trevor Megill would pitch, it's simply not worth it to throw them out there if they had a high pitch count the night before, or anything like that.
It'll be interesting to see if Jacob Misiorowski throws more than three innings. Remember, this is the last chance any of these pitchers will get to be in a game until at least Saturday, Oct. 3, so they need to make it count.
Murphy can toy with the Brewers lineup
It doesn't seem like there will be any late-season callups for this trio of games, but once again, Murphy has no reason to throw the "A-team" out there every single team.
His best lineup will appear in the postseason, no doubt, but even if he starts with that in any of these games, it's to his advantage to empty the bench.
A late emergence could change the trajectory of a player going into the National League Division Series, so who knows what could happen with this team getting extra rest before needing to submit it's playoff roster.
Winning games is great, no doubt, and no team wants to limp into the postseason on a three-game losing streak, but there's no reason for the Brewers to risk anything in each of these last three games.
