If the Brewers beat the Rays in the World Series, 2026 will be the first postseason since the Division Series was added in 1995 in which the team with the better regular season record won every series
So far in 2026, the better over the regular season has won all 10 series. I checked the playoffs since the Division series was added and there has been at least one upset (a lot of these have more than one, I just listed one of them) from every postseason since 1995: Year Upset (regular season record) Round 1995 Braves (90-54) over Indians (100-44) WS 1996 Orioles (88-74) over Indians (99-62) ALDS 1997 Indians (86-75) over Yankees (96-66) ALDS 1998 Padres (98-64) over Braves (106-56) NLCS 1999 Yankees (98-64) over Braves (103-59) WS 2000 Yankees (87-74) over A's (91-70) ALDS 2001 Yankees (
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