MLB Bracketology Picks Brewers for First World Series Title — SkimNews
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- MLB playoff field has four confirmed clinchers with one week remaining — the Rays, Yankees, Brewers, and Dodgers — with full seed projections placing the Rays at 1 and the Yankees at 4 over concerns about Aaron Judge's status after he left Wednesday's game
- Red Sox are projected to finish with the third-best record in baseball but stuck at the 5 seed due to divisional imbalance in the AL, setting up a Wild Card Series matchup against the Yankees
- Dodgers are predicted to overtake the Brewers for MLB's best record by dominating six of their nine remaining games against the Giants
- Defending champion Dodgers are labeled 'vulnerable' after failing to win a series against a team currently above .500 since taking 2 of 3 from the Phillies on July 20-22, with concerns also raised about Shohei Ohtani and Blake Snell
- Phillies are demoted to the second NL wild-card spot behind the Braves, with the author citing rotation depth issues and Cristopher Sánchez's recent struggles as reasons for picking the Cubs over them in the Wild Card
- Brewers are projected to eliminate the Cubs for the second straight postseason and win their first-ever World Series over the Red Sox, shrinking the list of MLB franchises never to have won a title to four
Why it matters: The Brewers' predicted title would drop MLB's never-won-a-World-Series list from five to four clubs, a milestone the franchise has chased for decades. Meanwhile, the projected upset loss of the two-time defending champion Dodgers to the Cubs extends a documented months-long stretch without beating a winning team, calling into question whether their dynasty has staying power into October.
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