Max Muncy didn’t sugarcoat what happened to the Dodgers after their NLCS sweep at the hands of the Brewers. He framed it as the end of a long, demanding stretch - and said the group simply hit a wall.
“It’s a special group. Special clubhouse.
It’s kind of hard to put into words how much this hurts right now,” he said. “We all know what we did out there.
We didn’t play well.
“For three years straight we left it all out there. The train finally ran out of steam, I guess. It just sucks.”
The Dodgers entered the 2026 season with World Series expectations after keeping much of their core together and adding Edwin Díaz and Kyle Tucker in free agency. Both newcomers had difficult seasons for most of the year, but Los Angeles still finished with the second-best record in baseball. Only Milwaukee was better, and the Brewers’ 103 wins set up a rematch of last year’s National League Championship Series.
This time, too, the series didn’t go the Dodgers’ way.
Muncy gave Milwaukee its due after the sweep, calling the Brewers a disciplined, dangerous club.
“On that note, congratulations to the Brewers. They played really, really well and they’re going to be a tough team in the World Series for whoever they have to face,” Muncy added. “They’ve got things working for them.”
The loss also capped a run that has pushed the Dodgers through a heavy workload dating back to 2024. They opened that season in South Korea, began last year in Tokyo and then finished the 2025 campaign by beating the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series. That stretch made them part of MLB history, becoming the first team to start and end a season outside the United States.
Questions about age followed the Dodgers through 2026 and into the playoffs, especially as the offense went cold and power disappeared for long stretches. The players pushed back on the idea that fatigue was the issue, pointing instead to the value of experience.
Muncy had his own rough postseason overall, but he still led the club with three home runs and tied for fourth on the team with five hits. That came even though he was repeatedly left out of the lineup against left-handed starters.
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