To win the pennant for the first time in a generation, only to be lined up against a defending champion with the sport’s most loaded roster, is to be simultaneously touted and doubted, as these 2025 Toronto Blue Jays can attest.

Blake Snell absolutely dominated the Brewers for eight innings, but Milwaukee still had the bases loaded in the ninth of a gut-punch Game 1 loss.

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Blake Snell gives up one hit over six innings and the Dodgers survive a late Philadelphia rally to defeat the Phillies 4-3 and take a 2-0 series lead.

The Milwaukee Brewers lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-1, in Game 3 of the NLCS, and are one loss from elimination.

The Brewers never mustered any offense over four games, scoring just one run per contest in an NLCS sweep at the hands of the Dodgers.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are getting ready for the World Series, and they could be without a veteran arm after a new development.