One Bold Brewers Prediction For Each Month Of The Season

With 61 games down and 101 to go in the 2026 season, what could happen next? Well, a lot has already happened, including a rash of injuries that has the Brewers in a scramble mode. Still, there is a lot of baseball to play, and a five-game lead in the NL Central isn’t decisive in early June.

Here’s one bold prediction for each month of the season that is left.

June: Luis Lara forces his way to Milwaukee

Sal Frelick has looked a lot more like the 2024 version (Gold Glove defense, below-average production) than the 2025 version (above-average offense with near-Gold Glove defense). The same can’t be said for Blake Perkins, who has scuffled (to put it mildly) in 2026 and 2025 after a leg injury.

With Luis Lara tearing things up at Nashville, it’s getting harder not to go for a bit of a shuffle, with Lara starting in center, Garrett Mitchell moving to right, and Jackson Chourio handling left, with Frelick taking over as fourth outfielder. Lara could take the leadoff spot as well, so the Brewers aren’t wasting power bats like Chourio and Christian Yelich in the leadoff spot.

July: The Brewers pull a roster-clearing blockbuster

Nashville has plenty of talent, but some of them appear blocked. The Brewers will need to clear some roster space while also recharging the farm system. The way things are, there is a way for them to do both – it will be a blockbuster deal that will be one heck of a dice roll.

The Brewers send Jake Bauers, Garrett Mitchell, and Jeferson Quero to the Rays, snagging utility player Taitn Gray, catcher Caden Bodine, and the Competitive Balance A pick the Rays acquired from Baltimore in return. This might seem like a huge risk, but Bauers is a free agent after 2026, and even with his offensive breakthrough, Milwaukee may not use the qualifying offer on him.

In addition, Bauers and Mitchell fill a need for Tampa: In left field and center field, their current incumbents are making some good impressions of Luis Rengifo and Joey Ortiz at the plate. They also could use a long-term catcher, and Quero could fill the need for them, especially when Milwaukee has a number of talented options working their way through the system, along with very solid options on the major-league roster.

August: Cooper Pratt, Tyler Black, Eddys Leonard, and Jett Williams are in Milwaukee

Why might the Brewers move Bauers, Mitchell, and Quero? The answer is simple: They need the roster spots – because Rengifo and Ortiz will not be sustainable, and sooner or later, those replacements will need to happen. The Brewers will roll with their farm system, and it may actually make them better.

September: The Brewers Lock Down Cornerstones

The pennant race will not be the only excitement Brewers fans have. The July trade, in a sense, will set the Brewers up to meet the probable salary floor coming in the next collective bargaining agreement.

Currently, they have a $139.5 million payroll, per Sportrac. The floor will likely be in the $170-175 million range, so Mark Attanasio will have to spend another $30-35 million. Assuming Brandon Woodruff departs after 2026, the team will also need to spend the $22 million QO salary.

How do you spend about $50 million wisely? The obvious answer would be to lock in players who are likely cornerstones for the franchise. In this case, Jacob Misiorowski, Brice Turang, and William Contreras.

Brewers fans will love it. The team execs will be okay with it. The rest of the National League? They’ll probably hate it.

October: The Brewers win two playoff series

The Brewers will have a good playoff run in 2026, even with the counterintuitive July trade. The big reason will be the talent of young players like Lara, Pratt, Williams, Black (who is just 25), and Leonard (also just 25).

That said, this team will likely again make a NLCS exit, partially because they run out of gas, but mostly because Atlanta and Los Angeles still look like juggernauts, and Milwaukee’s path to the World Series will likely go through both of them unless the Crew gets the #1 overall seed in the playoffs, but pushing for that would only raise the question of how much more the Brewers have left in the tank.

November: Jesus Made gets his extension

Lockout or no lockout, there is one certainty: Jesus Made is going to be in Milwaukee come 2027, no matter when Opening Day is. It makes sense that the Brewers are going to give him a Chourio-type extension.

What do you think will happen during the rest of the 2026 season? Let us know in the comments below!