NL Playoff Picture Update: Brewers could face elimination

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports The Brewers’ path to playoffs at the start of the week was pretty clear — beat the teams ahead of you, and you’ll get in.

Unfortunately, they’ve largely failed to do that, dropping 2 of 3 to the Cincinnati Reds and losing the first game of their pivotal 5-game set in St. Louis on Thursday night.

That’s making their playoff odds extremely murky — Fangraphs’ numbers have them making the expanded postseason tournament just 33.9% of the time, a drastic drop from the 51% odds they had before losing the first game in St. Louis.

Outside factors have also contributed to a grim scenario — as JR Radcliffe points out at the Journal-Sentinel, the Brewers could actually be…