The Milwaukee Brewers could stand to upgrade their offense at the Trade Deadline. Who could they get that's not Eugenio Suarez?

Is it defensible to refer to the defending National League Central champs as "upstarts?" It is, and such is the state of the expectations -- and the baseball -- in Milwaukee these days. The Brewers on Saturday night in L.

Freddie Freeman leaves the game after taking a pitch off his wrist as the Milwaukee Brewers defeat the Dodgers 6-5 to sweep the season series between the teams.

The MLB trade deadline is less than two weeks away, and the divisional races are heating up. One of the most competitive is in the National League Central, where the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs enter the new week with identical 59-40 records, tied atop the standings.

Kershaw made it to the top of the fifth inning but exited after the Dodgers' third error of the day. He let out a yell in frustration as he walked off the mound, then slammed his glove and hat down on the dugout bench in anger. After the game, Kershaw was in no mood to talk.

Brewers pitchers held L.A. to a .163 batting average and four runs in Milwaukee. Then in the series opener Friday in Dodger Stadium, they won 2-0, getting a gem from a low-pay pitcher, Quinn Priester, who had 10 strikeouts and zero walks over his six innings. The Brewers are Priester’s third franchise in four years. His salary: $760,000.

The Brewers made history with a 6-0 sweep of the Dodgers, extending their win streak to 10 and climbing to the top of the NL Central.

Will the Milwaukee Brewers trade Freddy Peralta away? Peralta has been the subject of plenty of noise this season, which has been surprising. Milwaukee has bee

A history-making sweep of the Dodgers ran the Brewers' win streak to 10. It also created an undeniable belief within the clubhouse.