"Freddy Peralta is 15-5 with a 2.78 ERA," McCalvy said. "With five weeks left in the regular season, he's positioned for a run at becoming the Brewers' fourth 20-game winner. The last was Teddy Higuera in 1986."

Brewers coaches and front office officials have spent hours in meetings and Zoom sessions over recent days discussing how to get through this particularly burdensome stretch of the schedule without blowing out the pitching on the cusp of a pennant push.