The postseason is momentous. It is a collection of stories and stats and, most of all, snapshots. After the long, slow grind of the regular season, these great teams and elite athletes have to summon something extra within themselves to come through in the clutch while the rest of us

The 2026 postseason is in the books, and it ended in a way we’d never seen before. The Brewers laid waste to the baseball landscape and romped to the first World Series title in franchise history. Milwaukee closed out the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-1 win in Game 5

The Brewers have their first title in franchise history, and it comes with no strings attached. The Brew Crew was the best team in baseball this year, then had one of the most dominant playoff runs in recent memory – crushing the two-time defending champion Dodgers along the way –

The Brewers’ World Series parade isn’t until Friday, but the celebration across Wisconsin is just beginning.

ST. PETERSBURG -- The team from MLB’s smallest market. The team so often good enough to get beat by someone bigger. The team that has cycled through swaps of stars, always refining and refurbishing and refilling their roster with keenly acquired talent. The team that gave a shot to a

The Brewers are hosting their Parade of Champions on Friday to celebrate the first World Series victory in franchise history. Judging by the way Brewers fans traveled to pack Tropicana Field -- and still filled their home park for a watch party -- it’s going to be quite a celebration.

Right-handed starter Michael King has declined the player option on his contract with the Padres to become a free agent, sources told MLB.com on Thursday. The club has not confirmed the news on King, who will now become one of the top arms on the market entering his age-32 season.

NEW YORK -- Bo Bichette will return to Queens for another try in 2027. According to a source, Bichette opted into the second season of his three-year, $126 million contract on Thursday, signing up to reprise his role as the Mets’ third baseman. That deal guarantees Bichette $42 million in

Most families would be happy enough to have a pair of brothers playing in MLB at the same time. It doesn’t happen all that often, after all. But the Contreras brothers -- the elder Willson and younger William -- might have just set a new bar for what’s possible in

ATLANTA -- Ronald Acuña Jr. and Ozzie Albies can look forward to the possibility of being teammates for at least one more season. Acuña’s $17 million option and Albies’ $7 million option were exercised on Thursday. The Braves also reinstated starting pitchers Spencer Schwellenbach, Spencer Strider, Hurston Waldrep and Joey

It took less than 24 hours after the conclusion of the World Series for the Athletics and Red Sox to connect for the first trade of the offseason. The A’s acquired outfielder Nate Eaton from Boston on Thursday in exchange for Minor League right-hander Jareth Rayo. In addition to the

The Brewers are World Series champions for the first time. They dominated along the way, losing just two games in the postseason. They showed the mettle to come from behind in eight of their 11 wins, they suffocated their opponents with incredible pitching and they saw a handful of heroes

Prior to Wednesday night's title-clinching World Series Game 5 at Tropicana Field, Dustin May already knew what it's like to pop champagne after a championship-clinching victory. That experience set him apart from nearly all of his Brewers teammates. The 2026 Brewers were the fourth World Series-winning team that May has

PHOENIX -- Nolan Arenado has accomplished a lot in what could very well end up being a Hall of Fame career, but one thing he hasn't done is play an inning on defense anywhere other than third base. That might change in 2027. "We've talked about Nolan playing some first

CHICAGO -- The Cubs had hoped to win the National League Central this past season and position themselves for a deep October run with a first-round bye in the playoffs. The North Siders fell short of those goals and watched the rival Brewers capture the division crown and run all

ST. PETERSBURG -- He stood there at the center of the podium, arms aloft, holding the Willie Mays World Series MVP trophy high as pyrotechnics sparked behind him. It was a wonderful image and an appropriate one. Because William Contreras was at the center of everything in the Milwaukee Brewers’

ST. PETERSBURG -- In their 57th season in Milwaukee, the Brewers won the city’s first World Series title since 1957. In the 44th year since they last appeared in a World Series, they won for Henry Aaron, whose No. 44 hangs, retired, atop American Family Field. And they didn’t just

ST. PETERSBURG -- Jacob Misiorowski was still marveling at the cheers late on Wednesday evening, even after three games’ worth of roars cascading from Tropicana Field’s third-base seats: encouragement from thousands of ticket-holders with Wisconsin addresses and championship dreams. “I’m just so overjoyed,” Misiorowski said, standing in left field, his

ST. PETERSBURG -- The phone didn’t ring for Aaron Ashby in the ninth inning of Wednesday’s Game 5 of the World Series, but the Brewers’ star reliever made sure that he was ready to pitch anyway, cradling a ball in his glove as the last out was recorded. Down in

BALTIMORE -- After an injury-plagued 2026 season, Ryan Helsley has decided his best move forward is to stay in Baltimore for another year. Helsley is opting into his $14 million player option for 2027, a source confirmed on Thursday. The club has not announced the decision. This doesn't come as

SEATTLE -- The Mariners began their offseason in earnest on Thursday immediately after the World Series ended, announcing decisions for club options they held on three players.

• Andrés Muñoz: $9 million, exercised
• Bryce Miller: $6.075 million, declined (but still under club control through 2029)
• Victor Robles: $9

The Royals made the first of many potential significant moves Thursday to address their bullpen for 2027 when Kansas City announced that it declined the $13 million club option on closer Carlos Estévez while exercising a $2.5 million club option on right-hander Tony Gonsolin. Estévez, who led the Major Leagues

ST. PETERSBURG -- About 23 hours before the Brewers won the World Series, Cooper Pratt stood conflicted at his locker. Pratt had just contributed the hit of his life in Game 4 against the Rays, but the celebration did not last. That moment was over, Pratt stressed. It was time

ST. PETERSBURG -- What a team. What a season. What a championship run. The Brewers finished off one of the most dominant postseasons we’ve seen in recent memory with a 4-1 victory in front of a boisterous contingent of Milwaukee fans amid the masses at Tropicana Field on Wednesday night.

ST. PETERSBURG -- For seven months, this season felt like a dream come true for the Rays. Despite being widely projected to finish last in their own division, they spent most of the year with the American League’s best record. They clinched a playoff spot for the first time in