The Milwaukee Brewers are headed into the 2026 National League Championship Series with the same roster they used to open the postseason, a sign of how little they felt they needed to tinker after the NL Division Series.
Milwaukee will carry 13 position players and 13 pitchers against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with no changes from the group that faced the San Diego Padres. The pitching staff is split almost evenly too, with seven right-handers and six left-handers.
That matters here because the matchup flips the script. The Brewers bring back lefties Shane Drohan and Kyle Harrison after neither one threw a pitch in the NLDS against a Padres lineup that leaned heavily right-handed. Against the Dodgers, both should have a much bigger role with left-handed bats such as Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy and Kyle Tucker in the mix.
Chad Patrick is also back as a fresh right-handed arm. He, too, did not appear in any NLDS games, giving Milwaukee another bullpen option it can deploy in this series.
On the position-player side, the Brewers have enough depth to keep shuffling based on the opposing pitcher. Luis Lara looks like the better fit against left-handers, while Sal Frelick could see more time when a righty starts. Christian Yelich is another possible platoon piece because of his extreme splits, though he comes in off a productive NLDS and could still play against left-handed starters.
The Dodgers made one change of their own, adding Justin Wrobleski as a new bullpen pitcher. Dave Roberts said last week the team intended to carry an extra pitcher compared with its NLDS roster.
That move cost Hyeseong Kim his spot after he was on the roster for the shorter round. Kim was used only as a pinch-runner and emergency infielder in the NLDS.
Miguel Rojas is still on the roster as well after getting a cortisone injection to address lingering back soreness that forced him out early in Game 3 of the NLDS.
Brewers NLCS 2026 roster
Catchers (2)
William Contreras
Gary Sánchez
Infielders (6)
Jake Bauers
David Hamilton
Joey Ortiz
Cooper Pratt
Brice Turang
Andrew Vaughn
Outfielders (5)
Jackson Chourio
Sal Frelick
Luis Lara
Garrett Mitchell
Christian Yelich
Starting pitchers (4)
Robert Gasser
Logan Henderson
Dustin May
Jacob Misiorowski
Relief pitchers (9)
Aaron Ashby
Shane Drohan
DL Hall
Kyle Harrison
Trevor Megill
Chad Patrick
JoJo Romero
Antonio Senzatela
Abner Uribe
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