When the Milwaukee Brewers started the season 0-4, there was a great deal of talk from the media, and some fans, that their low-spending and frugal ways had finally caught up with them.

Williams sensed he was gone last year after giving up that game-winning homer to Mets first baseman Pete Alonso in the Division series. It was a gut-wrenching end to the Brewers’ season, the last game ...