If we could double our payroll, we would be pretty good. Ask Dave Roberts. Ask Aaron Boone.
This is the underlying thing here more than any other thing, including questionable CC moves in-game, etc.
I have no issue with the Brewers not really being a World Series contender, BECAUSE MLB makes it too steep of a mountain to climb in our small market.
So, I root for the team, try to have fun -- enjoy the wins and defying the odds by consistently besting the big-market-Cubs in the standings -- anything beyond that is lightning in a bottle. Our big stars will leave when they get too expensive.
(losing to the Pirates is getting unnerving, I admit, though since they are even lower payroll than we are -- we are 19th in team payroll; they are 28th)