It felt like a no-brainer to give Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Jake Bauers MVP honors in the National League Championship Series.

Bauers was named the Most Valuable Player in a series that saw him draw a 12-pitch walk against Yoshinobu Yamamoto and then hit a home run off Blake Snell in an 11-pitch battle.

The 31-year-old led the team with three RBIs in Game 4, the game that saw the Brewers punch their ticket to the World Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers simply had no answers for Bauers in this series. The lefty had one hit in all four games, but each seemed to be more important than the last.

After the Brewers defeated the Dodgers 6-4, the Fox broadcast acknowledged Bauers as the 2026 NLCS MVP.

Aaron Ashby's Game 4 performance could've earned MVP honors by itself, and then play-by-play broadcaster Joe Davis of Fox also pointed out Garrett Mitchell as a potential MVP candidate due to his crucial home runs in back-to-back games.

In the end, there never seemed to be a doubt that it was going to Bauers. Had it not been for his go-ahead blast in Game 3, one could only imagine how different this series would be.

It's been 44 years since the Brewers had a win mean this much, but now Bauers is able to experience a World Series with a team that got swept by the Dodgers at this time last season.

Now, it's the Brewers who did the sweeping, and Bauers, someone who's been in the league since 2018 and contemplated retirement, is heading to his first World Series.

Not often do players have their breakout season when they are 31 years old, but for whatever reason, this turned out to be Bauers' year.

Awaiting a new contract in the offseason, one can only imagine how much money is going to be thrown his way, whether it's from the Brewers or not.

As part of the postgame show on Fox, Bauers named his home run in Game 3 as his most memorable hit of the series.

Remember, this is someone who came back to play in the MLB so he could provide his family with health insurance, and now he's four wins away from helping the Brewers win their first World Series in franchise history.

In the midst of his third year with the Brewers, it's all come together for Bauers. Manager Pat Murphy's decision to consistently play him over Andrew Vaughn paid off in the biggest way possible.