These former Yankees and Mets are about to win World Series with Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers are on the precipice of their first World Series crown in franchise history.After claiming the top record in Major League Baseball with 103 wins in the regular season, the Brewers have lost only one game in the month of October. Now, with three straight wins over the Tampa Bay Rays, they are one win away from filling a void that dates back to when the team moved from Seattle in 1970.The Brewers and Rays play Game 4 of the World Series at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.A world championship for the Brewers would bring validation for a pair of former New York baseball players who stayed the course despite some turbulence in their careers.Here are the former Mets and Yankees who would earn their first World Series rings if the Brewers can win one of the next four games in the World Series.Jake Bauers, Brewers 1B: Yankees (2023)Bauers had already played with five organizations, including major league stints with Tampa Bay, Cleveland and Seattle, before he landed with the Yankees in 2023.The journeyman first baseman played 84 games with the Yankees that season, largely in the outfield, and slashed .202/.279/.413 with 12 home runs, 30 RBI and 28 runs before being traded to the Brewers in the offseason. Bauers' incomplete performance continued in 2024 before the Brewers helped spur his development to this past season's .874 OPS and NLCS MVP.Bauers' production has slowed somewhat in the World Series. He is 2-for-11 with three walks, two runs and three strikeouts.Gary Sanchez, Brewers catcher: Yankees (2015-21), Mets (2023)Sanchez was once viewed as a great hope for the Yankees. He finished as runner-up for AL Rookie of the Year in 2016 and followed it up with a 33-home run, 90-RBI campaign one season later, which netted him down-ballot MVP votes and a Silver Slugger. He also earned his second All-Star selection in 2019 when belted a career-high 34 home runs.But Sanchez struggled to live up to the hype after his revelatory 2017 season, with two other Yankee seasons with a sub-.700 OPS. He has played with five different major league clubs, including the Mets, since departing the Yankees in 2022. Behind William Contreras, Sanchez played 86 games this past season, posting a .771 OPS with 12 home runs, 38 RBI and 37 runs. Sanchez has appeared off the bench three times this postseason, with a walk and a force-out in his two plate appearances.This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: These former Yankees and Mets are about to win World Series with Brewers