Over the course of the last week, the Brewers controlled their own playoff fate, then lost that control and needed help.
They have, thankfully, gotten that help, and now the scenario is pretty simple — beat the Cardinals on Sunday afternoon, and you’re in the postseason for the third year in a row — a franchise first.
We’ll have all winter to debate whether or not that playoff spot “counts,” given the expanded playoff field and the fact the Brewers never once went over .500 during the regular season, but that doesn’t change the math for today.