Yahoo Sports senior MLB analysts Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss the upcoming series between New York and Milwaukee. Hear the full conversation on the “Baseball Bar-B-Cast” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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All right, who has the better offense?

I think it's the Mets and it's not particularly close if you run the clock back to the beginning of June when the Mets started being these Mets, they have one of the best offenses in baseball and Milwaukee is just simply regular good.

The numbers do say that over these last few months that it has not been as productive of a group for Milwaukee, but I think they still have a good amount of star power and, and on the whole, their offensive ranks are still fairly comfortably in the top part of the league.

They have one of the best catches in baseball and Contreras.

They have, I mean, one of the best shortstops in the league and in Will Adam having a career year, Jackson Chio, 20 year old phenom has been getting better with, with each passing month and they do a lot else very well.

They run the bases extremely well.

They play very, very, very good defense.

I think this is a closer gap.

I, I guess I lean the Mets slightly but I don't know, this is closer to a toss up for me starting pitching.

I think it's the Mets, we assume it will be Severino Peralta in game one.

That's a wash to me.

Yeah, I think that's pretty even, but it's what happens after that.

You know, mania had been throwing so well for the Mets down the stretch.

He did not look great against the Brewers on Friday.

Yeah, it's gonna be a little bit messy at the same time.

The Brewers have kind of had this makeshift rotation all year.

They traded for Frankie Montas.

He hasn't been amazing.

Tobias Myers has been sneaked and Colin Ray have both been very reliable in getting through the 100 and 62 game grind, very important for their division winning, you know, ways.

However, are they guys, you're ecstatic to hand the ball to in a postseason game?

Probably not.

Now, the reason that the Brewers have a good shot in the series is that their bullpen is better and it's not even really that close.

Milwaukee's bullpen is not quite as good as Cleveland's, but they use it in a similar way where the game is shorter, right?

Their starters are only gonna go four or five innings, then they're gonna hand the ball off to their dominant relievers.

Now it was already doing its job for a lot of the first few months, but since it got Devin Williams back, this is, this is, I think honestly, I would say a relatively under discussed storyline in the whole league considering Milwaukee's importance here as, as the host of this wild card series is that Devin Williams looks as good as ever.

They're also rested as the Mets.

Well, that's the thing.

I don't think I would do pitching tomorrow.

That's my point.

What bullpen would you rather have?

The one who's $100 million closer?

Didn't throw 40 pitches the day before you play?

Who pitched the day before?

That was like, yeah, so that's not that complicated but even fully rested.

I think we'd be leaning Milwaukee here.

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