The Milwaukee Brewers enter October in a spot every team wants: rested, dangerous and waiting for the real work to begin.
Thanks to the No. 1 seed in the National League overall, Milwaukee gets a first-round bye and won’t open its postseason until the National League Division Series on Oct. 3.
That extra time off matters. So does avoiding a three-game playoff series, where one bad night can flip everything.
In a five-game format, the Brewers have more room to let their pitching do what it has done all year.
And when the postseason finally gets going, the name that stands out as Milwaukee’s biggest X-factor is Logan Henderson.
That doesn’t mean Jacob Misiorowski isn’t central to everything the Brewers want to do. He was the best pitcher in baseball this year, and if he keeps dealing the way he did during the regular season, Milwaukee should feel good every time he takes the mound.
Jackson Chourio belongs in that same conversation on the position-player side after his breakout season. The expectation with both of them is simple: they’re supposed to be great.
Henderson is different. He’s been excellent, but he hasn’t done it on the October stage yet, which is why he carries the most uncertainty - and the most upside.
During the regular season, Henderson posted a 2.47 ERA in 18 starts. He also put together a massive 110-to-19 strikeout-to-walk ratio across 98 1/3 innings.
Last season, he turned in a 1.78 ERA in five starts. What he hasn’t done is pitch in a playoff game.
If that same production carries over, Milwaukee gets another weapon.
That matters even more because the Brewers will face either the Chicago Cubs or the San Diego Padres in a five-game series. If Misiorowski and Henderson give Milwaukee a real shot to jump out to a 2-0 lead, that becomes a brutal setup for whoever is on the other side. Depending on how long the series goes, the Brewers could also get multiple starts from both arms.
That’s the case for Henderson as the swing piece. The regular season says he can dominate.
The playoffs will decide whether that level holds. If it does, Milwaukee becomes even tougher to beat, even without relying on power.
Two pitchers working at near-untouchable levels can carry a team a long way in October.
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