The Milwaukee Brewers have a lot of talent on their roster, but young pitcher Quinn Preister has really emerged as a star this season.

Brewers coaches and front office officials have spent hours in meetings and Zoom sessions over recent days discussing how to get through this particularly burdensome stretch of the schedule without blowing out the pitching on the cusp of a pennant push.

Preview the Aug. 19 matchup between the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, and more.

Things clearly have changed. For example, ESPN's David Schoenfield shared a column discussing if topics are overreactions or not. One, was whether or not the Brewers are the best team in baseball. Schoenfield said that it isn't an overreaction.

It's a race to the playoffs for the Brewers and helping us rally this morning, we've got Bernie Brewers, Barrelman and the 4-1-Force at the desk.

Craig Counsell has become more than chilly about the Cubs looking up at his former team in the standings ... and apparently, George Webb burgers.

By Grant Brisbee, Chad Jennings and Levi Weaver Every week,​ we​ ask a selected group of our baseball​ writers​ — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results.

Nowadays Milwaukee is in the NL Central, and 87 wins is often good enough for at least a wild card. Of course, this year's team can set its sights much higher. Even after their winning streak was snapped Sunday, the Brewers are 33 games over .500. They need to go just 19-20 the rest of the way to set a franchise record with 97 victories.

The website Awful Announcing conducted its poll ranking the local baseball television broadcasts. Here's where the Brewers team ranked.