The Brewers are a distant second to the Los Angeles Dodgers in odds to win the World Series. BetMGM has the two-time defending champion Dodgers at +220 and the Brewers at +600. Those odds give the Brewers about a 12% chance to win the World Series, slightly up from last year, when they were about 9.4% heading into the playoffs.

The Dodgers and Brewers will both try to get through the first rounds of the playoffs, and head to a showdown for National League entry to the World Series.

Elsewhere, the Phillies and Red Sox are on a heater and the Tigers' post-trade deadline magic appears to have run out

How close are the Milwaukee Brewers to locking up homefield advantage throughout the playoffs? Here's the latest postseason picture.

When the Brewers have lined up against other teams with a .500 or better record, they have gone 41-21. In comparison, the Cubs are 33-23 against teams with a .500 or better record. That just goes to show how elite this Brewers team is.

Even when the Milwaukee Brewers lose, things go their way. The model small-market organization moved one round closer to its first World Series championship on Tuesday night. Despite leaving Citizens Bank Park with a 6-4 defeat to the Philadelphia Phillies,

The Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies play the second game of their 3-game series in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wednesday at 6:40 p.m. ET.

The Milwaukee Brewers (59-37) open their post-All-Star Game schedule on Friday night against the Miami Marlins. Milwaukee is in control of the NL Central, entering Thursday five games ahead of the second-place Chicago Cubs, and trails only the two-time ...