The Milwaukee Brewers have baseball's best record. Do they have an MLB power ranking to match?

Are the 2025 Milwaukee Brewers ever going to lose again?

Well, they’re likely not going to finish 112-40, but after a 6-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners July 21, the Brewers have won 11 straight games and suddenly have Major League Baseball’s best record. That also means they’ve hurdled the rival Chicago Cubs in the National League Central Division standings.

A second straight series sweep of the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers has certainly caught the attention of the national media. And rookie pitching sensation Jacob Misiorowski isn’t the only reason the Brewers are the hottest of MLB topics.

As the first team to reach 60 wins in 2025, here’s a summary of where the Brewers have moved up to in MLB power rankings:

Eric Samulski of NBC Sports moved the Brewers up four spots from last week and says they’re to be taken seriously:

“Your eyes are not fooling you. Winners of 11 straight games, the Brewers have catapulted to the top of our rankings. Similar to Rays teams of the past, they just keep finding ways to defy preseason expectations and win baseball games. Even if they don’t stay atop our rankings, they have established themselves as a serious threat to win the NL Central.”

Bleacher Report’s Joel Reuter is looking forward to the NL Central matchup next week between the Brewers, up from No. 3 last week, and the Cubs:

“The bottom of the order of Isaac Collins, Caleb Durbin, Blake Perkins and Joey Ortiz has been shouldering the load offensively of late, while Quinn Priester has quietly emerged as a reliable rotation option. That’s Brewers baseball at its finest, getting unexpected contributions up and down the roster. They welcome the Cubs to American Family Field for a three-game series starting next Monday.”

CBS Sports’ Matt Snyder is getting “Team Streak” vibes after witnessing the second run of at least eight Ws in a row this season from Milwaukee, up three spots from last week:

“The Brewers … have beaten the Dodgers six times in six tries in the last 14 days. You know, the defending champions who were supposed to be so good this season that the sport needed to change its rules in the name of fairness? That team. The Brewers swept them this season in a matter of two weeks.”

The balance of the Brewers, up five spots from last week, has caught the eye of Fox Sports’ Rowan Kavner:

“Can they challenge the Cubs for a division title? They pitch well, they run well, they’re fast, they’re young and they have a bevy of above-average offensive pieces. They basically do everything well, aside from hit for power, which hasn’t hindered them. Overlook them (again) at your own peril. “

Gabe Lacques of USA TODAY points out why the Brewers aren’t helping anybody’s argument for a salary cap, despite the payroll disparity between the Brewers, up three spots from last week, and larger-market teams like the Dodgers:

“The amazing Milwaukee Brewers are the worst thing to happen to major league owners crying poor.

“With commissioner Rob Manfred and a chorus of aggrieved billionaires insisting the game needs a salary cap and shutting down the industry to get one is inevitable, the Brewers simply went out and beat the Los Angeles Dodgers six consecutive times in a two-week span.”

With the Brewers up six spots from last week, Levi Weaver of The Athletic looks for deeper meaning:

“Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

“There’s a philosophical belief that all pain and suffering comes from the inability to let go or release. Whether that be hopes and dreams, people, possessions, desires — the need to cling to whatever you believe will bring you fulfillment is where the problem begins, and true enlightenment comes from understanding the temporal nature of all things, and your relationship to all things (which is also temporal).

“If you can explain what the Brewers are doing in any simpler terms, I invite you to fill in for me next time I’m responsible for their blurb in these Power Rankings.”

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Brewers have MLB’s best record. Where are they in MLB power rankings?

The Milwaukee Brewers have baseball’s best record. Do they have an MLB power ranking to match?

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