Latest Brewers rumors cement Dodgers NLCS victory, payroll arguments

National League Championship Series - Los Angeles Dodgers v Milwaukee Brewers - Game Two | Michael Reaves/GettyImagesHere's a perfect, post-NLCS question for you. What threatens to "ruin baseball" more: teams willing to spend more than anyone else, or teams unwilling to spend at all? The Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers happen to be examples of those two extremes. One of them is going to the World Series, of course, while the other is reportedly weighing whether $8 million is too burdensome a figure to retain Freddy Peralta.

Before, during, and after the Dodgers swept the Brewers last week, irritable Dodgers haters and Brewers apologists alike leaned into their payroll-related…