did a little bit of everything over the five games that clinched the Brewers’ first title, and he was rewarded as the franchise’s first World Series MVP.

It wasn’t just at the plate, where Contreras certainly excelled, but it was behind it as well, where he steered the Milwaukee pitching staff and mastered the ABS challenge system, frequently getting calls overturned at pivotal moments.

The 28-year-old backstop was a steady force in the middle of the potent Brewers’ lineup, batting .381 with an .864 OPS and four RBIs. One of those came in the Game 5 clincher on a double down the line in the sixth inning that gave Milwaukee some much-needed separation.

Defensively, he caught four Rays stealing, two of them in Game 1, effectively neutralizing the run game that had been one of Tampa Bay’s calling cards.