We all know the Brewers are a mid-market team on the best of days. That being said, the Brewers successes, especially in the regular season over the last 6 years, is that much more impressive. As a team that can't afford to go out and land the biggest of fish in free agency (or to keep the guys they turn into stars) they rely on their farm system, how they develop players there, and how they're brought into The Show. It's hard not to feel at times that if the Brewers had even 75% of the payroll of the likes of the NYY, Houston, LAD, San Diego, etc, that they'd be a dynasty and put those teams to shame. If you look back on the past 6 years, how can one not think that had the Brewers had their existing team but also could afford to keep Hader (and more recently, Burnes) and add a superstar in free agency, that they wouldn't have won at least a couple of World Series over that span?
There isn't a point I'm trying to make here other than I think the Brewers system as a whole deserves all the credit in the world. That, and imagine what this team would be if the MLB had a salary cap.
