Brewers bump? Every team to oust Milwaukee from playoffs has reached World Series

The New York Mets are heading to the National League Division Series after a dramatic, ninth-inning comeback sparked by Pete Alonso's go-ahead, three-run home run to oust the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Mets' run to the playoffs after a dismal start has been improbable, to say the least. Now, they actually have a great shot at making the World Series due to an unbelievable pattern related to the Brewers' unfortunate MLBplayoff history.

The trend is this: In the ten times that the Brewers have made the postseason in franchise history — nine of which have come in years when there was a division series in the playoff format — every team that has defeated Milwaukee has gone on to at least reach the World Series, if not win it altogether.

Here is a breakdown of how all those teams fared, via FOX Sports Research:

2024 New York Mets: Defeated Brewers in wild-card series*

New York's run started with an epic comeback against the Atlanta Braves in a weather-postponed doubleheader to seal a playoff berth. Will the Mets continue their run and reach the World Series? Up next is a daunting NLDS against the division-rival Philadelphia Phillies which begins on Saturday at 4:08 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app.

2023 Arizona Diamondbacks: Defeated Brewers in wild-card series, reached World Series

The Diamondbacks were the last team in the playoff field, and the Brewers had Arizona on the ropes in each of the two games the teams played in Milwaukee, only for the "Snakes" to stay alive and come back to win both times. Arizona then went on its own improbable run, demolishing the NL West-winning Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS and outlasting the Phillies in an epic NLCS. The D-backs went on to lose the World Series in five games to the Texas