The Miami Marlins certainly have plenty of speed; now they need the patience of a team that looks like this year's World Series champion. In the Fall Classic, the Milwaukee Brewers have shown they have more than one way to build a winning offense, and the Fish should take notice.

If the Fall Classic provides any lesson at all for Miami and many of baseball's other low-revenue organizations, it's that you don't necessarily need a lineup full of 30-home-run hitters to score runs in bunches. In turn, you don't have to spend like a big-market franchise to compete with the best teams in baseball.

“We’re choosing hard," Brewers manager Pat Murphy said of his bunch's brand of baseball. "We’re certainly trying to hit home runs. We're not cutting our swing down to create ground balls. We're still putting our best foot forward when the pitch is thrown that we can homer on.”

"[We're] built to win games; what's the difference?"

When it comes to Murphy and Milwaukee, choosing hard translated into 103 wins, a National League pennant, and being just one win away from the first World Series trophy in franchise history.

For the Marlins, the Brew Crew’s success provides a potential blueprint for what could realistically happen in South Florida. The Brewers have built an offensive identity around patience, pressure, and putting the ball in play. They draw walks, they work deep counts, and force opposing pitchers to earn every out. 

Their ability to drive up pitch counts, chase starting pitchers out of games earlier than expected, and expose the opposition’s bullpen. And once those runners reach base, Milwaukee has the speed to make things happen. Miami already has some of those ingredients. The Marlins finished the 2026 season fourth in the majors with 163 stolen bases, one more than Milwaukee's 162.

Where Milwaukee separated itself was its patience, drawing 668 walks to Miami's 552. They reach base more, and it's typically from picking up nickels and dimes. They don't swing for the fences. Instead, they follow an old baseball mantra: When you put the ball in play, good things happen.

With the roster as it's currently constituted, it appears that's the direction that Peter Bendi and the front office are leaning anyway. Many of the organization's Minor League hopefuls are speedsters, who rely on sparkling defense and their ability to swipe a bag as their hardball calling card.

Players like Otto Lopez and Xavier Edwards are tailor-made for this style of play, and the club can start that trend now. They must reach base at a higher clip. Not just one or two players, but collectively. And Lopez's .305 average notwithstanding, not enough regular hitters display the type of patience at the plate that some like Milwaukee's Jake Bauers or Jackson Chourio do.

However, it's not as much about what is one the club's MLB roster right now, especially due to the constant turnover in the 305. It's more about a change in mentality and culture. One that deviates from the old way. One that helps the team compete on the field, while still being frugal with their checkbook. Just like what's happening with the Brewers right now.