The Brewers are two wins from doing something no Milwaukee team has ever done: winning the franchise’s first World Series title. If they close it out, the 2026 club will stand alone as the best team in Brewers history.
They already set a franchise high with 103 regular-season wins, then kept rolling all the way to the World Series after eliminating the Los Angeles Dodgers. By any measure, it’s been a landmark run.
That kind of season also seems to be helping the financial picture. According to The Athletic’s Andy McCullough and Will Sammon, Milwaukee expects to have more money to work with this winter.
"The Brewers believe they will have more money at their disposal after the World Series run, according to people who were familiar with the situation who were not authorized to speak publicly because the tally of the revenue had not been finalized," McCullough and Sammon wrote. "That could create more flexibility in spending on player salaries.
But a significant deviation from the organization’s roster-building model is unlikely, especially as the baseball operations department readies itself for whatever rule changes take place after the expiration of the current labor agreement Dec. 1."
For Brewers fans, that’s the kind of news that naturally points to William Contreras. He’s the name to watch this winter, and it’s not hard to see why.
Contreras has one year of team control left, and that’s usually the point where Milwaukee has been willing to move on from stars. The warning signs are already out there, too, with interest from other clubs expected to surface this offseason. The Brewers have shown before that they’ll trade premium pieces a year before free agency, as they did with Corbin Burnes, Devin Williams and Freddy Peralta.
This case feels different. Those pitchers had paths for Milwaukee to replace them.
Contreras doesn’t. There isn’t another player on the roster who can step in and do everything he does - in the lineup, behind the plate and in the clubhouse.
He’s a one-man package.
If the Brewers do end up with extra spending room, that should be enough reason to keep Contreras around at least through the 2027 season. His playoff production has only strengthened that case.
In 10 postseason games, he’s hitting .395/.477/.658 with a 1.135 OPS, three homers and seven RBIs. His defense has also already mattered in the World Series.
Milwaukee has a real shot to win it all this fall, and if Contreras is still there next season, the Brewers should again be in the mix. If the front office truly has more cash to deploy this winter, the clearest place to spend it is on him.
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