# Brewers Manager Challenges Dodgers' Best-Team Tag

> Brewers manager Pat Murphy insists Milwaukee can beat LA Dodgers despite their 'best team in baseball' label.
- Title: Brewers Manager Challenges Dodgers' Best-Team Tag | Shortify
- Summary: Brewers manager Pat Murphy insists Milwaukee can beat LA Dodgers despite their 'best team in baseball' label. Brewers manager Pat Murphy says Milwaukee will…
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- Source: EssentiallySports — https://essentiallysports.com/mlb-baseball-news-we-think-we-are-brewers-manager-fires-back-at-dodgers-best-team-in-baseball-tag
- Author: Srijanee Chakraborty
- Published: 2026-10-09T01:56:15+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: milwaukee brewers, los angeles dodgers, pat murphy, nlcs, shohei ohtani, kiké hernández, freddie freeman, yoshinobu yamamoto, tarik skubal, sports
## Brewers Challenge Dodgers' Tag
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy says they believe they are the best team in baseball despite Dodgers' label.

> We’re gonna be more ready than we were last time, I believe. That doesn’t guarantee anything, but we got to be ready for what they say is the best team in baseball. But we think we are.
## Dodgers' Postseason Struggles
Dodgers have struggled without Ohtani, hitting .154 in 4 games with 2 walks after injuries.

> This postseason, Ohtani has gone 2-for-13 in 4 games and is hitting .154 with only 2 walks.
## Dodgers' Team Strength
Dodgers rely on multiple stars including Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy, and Andy Pages for postseason success.

> LA has Freddie Freeman at first base, Max Muncy at third base, and center fielder Andy Pages, that All-Star roster has shown what they can do in the divisional series already.
## Skubal Faces Brewers
Tarik Skubal, a former Cy Young winner, starts NLCS Game 1 against Brewers after leading Dodgers in NLDS.

> Skubal is set to take the mound against the Brewers in NLCS Game 1.
## Key takeaway

Brewers manager Pat Murphy says Milwaukee will prove they are the best team in baseball, not the Dodgers.