Brewers fans, media praise Contreras for winning World Series MVP

Shout it out as loud as you can from wherever you are.

In the words of the one and only Bob Uecker, “How about that one, folks!”

It’s taken 57 years, but the Milwaukee Brewers have finally moved up to Major League Baseball’s front row. They’ve won a World Series.

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Uecker won a World Series with the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals as a reserve catcher. So there’s no doubt he would have been pleased with the baseball media selecting Brewers catcher William Contreras as the World Series MVP.

Contreras hit .381 in the World Series with four RBI, but his ability to be in sync with a dominant pitching staff was more important to the Brewers’ impressive postseason run. The Brewers finished 11-2 in the postseason and the bullpen had a 1.34 ERA in the playoffs.

Contreras was also successful on 10 of 13 ABS challenges and threw out four of nine baserunners. In addition to his heroics in the World Series, he hit .444 with a pair of home runs in the National League Division Series and .357 with one home run in the National League Championship Series.

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“I don’t have words to say how I’m feeling, but I’m just appreciative of my teammates, appreciative of (manager Pat) Murphy, and just want to thank all of them,” Contreras said through interpreter Daniel de Mondesert after the game on the field while being interviewed by Fox postgame host Kevin Burkhardt.

Contreras also was part of the World Baseball Classic champion Venezuela team. The 28-year old, three-time all-star is one of a handful of veteran players on the youngest team to win the World Series since the 1990 Cincinnati Reds.

Here’s a bit of social media reaction to Contreras being the eighth catcher to be named the World Series MVP:

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World Series MVP William Contreras highlights

Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras is the 2026 World Series MVP.

Contreras, the team’s emotional leader, did it all in leading the Brewers to their first championship.

See highlights from Contreras’ World Series.

(Nathan Ray Seebeck, Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Brewers fans, media praise Contreras for winning World Series MVP

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