Who is MLB's next superteam? Why possible Dodgers decline could open door for Brewers, Yankees, others to rise

The Dodgers’ quest for a World Series threepeat came to an unceremonious ending in the NLCS

It was the end of a season and maybe the end of a dynasty. The Los Angeles Dodgers were unceremoniously swept in four games in the NLCS by the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers erased an early 4-0 deficit to win Game 4 on Thursday (MIL 6, LAD 4). It is Milwaukee's second-ever pennant and first since 1982. The Dodgers, for the first time since 2023, are going home ringless. "Extremely proud," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said when asked how he felt about his team's recent run. "It never feels good to lose and not accomplish a goal to win the World Series. It started back in the early part of February. I love this team and what we had to go through.

It's one of those things that every night we take the field, people are bringing their best to beat us." Even with the NLCS loss, the Dodgers are undoubtedly the team of the 2020s thanks to their three World Series titles (2020, 2024-25), and they are the closest thing baseball has had to a "superteam" since the late 1990s/early 2000s New York Yankees. There was an air of invincibility surrounding the Dodgers right up until the Brewers sent them home for the winter. Baseball is hard. It's a grueling sport with a long regular season, and an increasingly