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CLEVELAND, OHIO – MAY 12: Christian Yelich #22 of the Milwaukee Brewers reacts after striking out … More during the seventh inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on May 12, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) Getty Images What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, the Milwaukee Brewers were one of baseball’s feel-good stories in early May and were on their way to turning a half-game lead into a runaway NL Central Division championship. “We were off and running and things felt good,” manager Pat Murphy said of his team a year ago at this time. “These young guys were believing and it was fun.” Fast forward back to the present and it’s a completely different story. The Brewers have looked little like the young, talented and hungry group of overachievers from a year ago as they’ve limped through the first month of the season hovering around the .500 mark and go into their series finale at Cleveland Wednesday having lost five of six, including back-to-back shutout losses to the Guardians. After falling, 2-0, Tuesday night, Murphy and his players closed the clubhouse doors for the second team meeting in a three-week stretch, in the hopes of finding a way out of the doldrums and back to the form they showed during a magical 2024 season. “We’re just figuring out how we can come together and play with some of that energy and passion we played with, especially early on, last year,” veteran first baseman Rhys Hoskins said. “It’s kind of a slippery slope. We have this great example of how this team can be successful, which is an awesome thing to have coming into any season. But we’re also trying to figure out how to do that this year.” For many of…

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