2011 Set - Milwaukee Brewers

With the NL West posted, it's time to move on to the NL Central, with a very fun team to start off.

The Brewers were the second-best NL team during the regular season, winning the NL Central as well. NL MVP Ryan Braun has a monster chart to go with 9 OB and A speed. Prince Fielder is one the few 10 OB batters in the set. But perhaps what makes the Brewers so dangerous is

2021 MLB Showdown Set -- Milwaukee Brewers

 Your NL Central champions!!! They started slow and ended seemingly even slower, and then bowed out of the postseason almost immediately... but it was still the best Brewers team of my lifetime and continued what's almost inarguably been the greatest 4-year stretch in Brewers history (postseason every season!). 

The Brewers will really have a shot next year if Yelich can recapture his 2019 form

2020 MLB SHOWDOWN SET --- NL CENTRAL

 The NL Central was the most tightly contested division in baseball this season and four teams from the division made the expanded playoffs. This division would have been fun to see play out over a full 162 game season. Like all the other divisions this division has some great players and some very low players. While no complete superstars in this division offensively, they have some stellar pitching that many teams can benefit from. 

2019 Milwaukee Brewers

The Brewers FINALLY broke through and won their first World Series! Sneaking into the Wild Card spot with 89 wins, Milwaukee finally went into St. Louis and came out victorious, knocking off the Cardinals in an extremely satisfying 8-2 victory! Then the Brewers ironically upset the Cubs team they got their rebuilding formula from in the NLDS and then tore through the Dodgers to face off against the Red Sox. Milwaukee made the most of their second ever World Series appearance, with ace Zach Grienke pitching two shut outs and an aging Ryan Braun winning the World Series MVP honors, making critics of the Brewers decision not to deal the slugger in 2017 choke on their words. Another big move was the shocking deadline twist, when the 5 games over .500 Brewers dealt their first round outfielder to the Rangers for old fan favorite, Jonathan Lucroy! Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuc gave the Brewers a dependable catcher again, even if his hitting prowess diminished since he was last here. Although a big push was made to bring fan favorite Prince Fielder out of retirement, the Brewers settled on re-signing 1B Chris Carter and he platooned with Jake Gatewood as a real feast or famine duo.

Still, this team was built around and carried by young talent. Arcia, Brinson, and Ray are all still very young and excited for more championship contending seasons. While the city will never be a Free Agent destination, Milwaukee is optimistic that they'll be able to hang on to their young core enough to give Brewers fans, at long last, a period of contention lasting longer than three years.

So now enjoy one of baseball's most surprising and upstart Champions, the 2019 Milwaukee Brewers!