“We’ve capitalized on pretty much every error, every defensive mistake and every pitching mistake,” Brewers hitting coach Connor Dawson said this summer. “That is our philosophy. That is our identity.”

“We want to make people play the game and we want to drag them through hell doing it.”

If there’s a better way to describe the offensive ethos of the 2025 Brewers, we’ve yet to hear it. Milwaukee finished 22nd in home runs, 25th in hard-hit rate, tied for 27th in Statcast’s quality of contact metrics, and with the fourth-highest ground ball rate. They struck out a little less than average, sure, and walked a little more than average, yes, yet neither mark was off-the-charts great. Really, none of this suggested an offense that’s going to be very good at scoring runs. It suggests, in some

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