Rivalry series don’t wait around for stars to find their timing. The Milwaukee Brewers earned home-field advantage and now have a date with the Chicago Cubs, a club that edged Milwaukee 7–6 in the regular-season set and knows every contour of American Family Field. That’s the chessboard: tight margins, loud crowds, and a best-of-five series where one swing can erase six innings of good process. Milwaukee’s run prevention and pesky offensive approach have carried them all year, but October is a different animal, and matchups become the whole story.
Which is why the most dangerous Cub in this matchup might not be the obvious name.