MILWAUKEE -- There are dramatic wins, resounding wins and wins that seem mundane until you consider the context. In 2019, the Brewers compiled all of the above on the way to making the postseason for the second consecutive season, and we’ve tried to come up with some of the best and most meaningful here.

Surely, we’ve left one of your favorites out. But here is a shot at the Brewers’ Top 5 wins of 2019:

1) Weird night in Washington
Aug. 17 at Nationals

It was a whole month of happenings crammed into one long night. In a 15-14 win at Nationals Park that spanned 14 innings over five hours and 40 minutes, the Brewers lost leads of 5-0 in the third inning and 8-5 in the sixth. Christian Yelich homered -- No. 40 -- as part of a three-homer, four-run ninth inning for a 12-11 Brewers lead, only to see the Nationals come back to tie it up against Josh Hader. Yelich homered again in the 13th for a 13-12 lead, only to see the Nats come back again. Finally, in the 14th, the Brewers scored twice and this time held off another Nats surge to win a truly epic, exhausting game.

“I can’t really think of another game that was crazier that I’ve ever played in,” Yelich said.

What does it tell us about 2020?
Two things: That Yelich can carry a team, and that Hader is capable of making adjustments. The first thing we knew, but the second was notable for 2020 in that the Brewers’ lefty relief ace was going through a period of major struggle at the time that continued when he allowed a run for the fifth consecutive outing.

But with the bases loaded and the game tied in the ninth, Hader struck out Trea Turner, Adam Eaton and Anthony Rendon in order to send the game to extra innings. After that, Hader rattled off 10 straight scoreless appearances in which he struck out 21 batters vs. three hits and one walk. When Hader found similar trouble at Nationals Park in the National League Wild Card Game, he was unable to adjust. Given his role at the end of games, Hader can be the difference between arguably the season’s most uplifting win and its most crushing loss.

2) “The Christian Yelich Show”
Sept. 7 vs. Cubs

"It's the Christian Yelich show. Keep it coming,” said Gio Gonzalez after a performance that Brewers manager Craig Counsell called the best of Yelich’s two seasons in Milwaukee. The Cubs didn’t give Yelich anything to hit for eight innings, so he singled, walked three times, stole three bases and became MLB's first 40/30 player since Ryan Braun in 2012. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Yelich finally got something he could put his bat on, poking a walkoff double to the left-field corner that eluded Kyle Schwarber and gave the Brewers a 3-2 win. The stakes were huge at the time; it was the second of seven straight Brewers wins at the front of the 18-2 stretch that saved their season.

What does it tell us about 2020?
That even when a team is determined to not let Yelich be the guy who beats them, he can beat them. His ability to identify the times teams were pitching around him was one of the stories of Yelich’s season, when he not only staved off regression after winning the 2018 NL MVP Award, but he was better in most categories before going down Sept. 10 with a knee injury. Opponents figure to be even more careful in 2020.

3) Braun slams St. Louis
Sept. 15 at Cardinals

Braun homered twice in a 7-6 win over the Cardinals, including a two-strike, two-out, go-ahead grand slam in the ninth inning to break the Brewers’ all-time team home run record he helped set in 2007 as a rookie. More than any other game in the Brewers' September spree, this one may have best reflected the fact they were never out of a game down the stretch.

What does it tell us about 2020?
Let Braun say it himself: “I’m definitely not as good as I was, but in big moments, I’m the guy still,” he said. “I still want that opportunity.” The 2020 season marks the final guaranteed season of his club-record contract.

4) Miller Park marathon
May 4 vs. Mets

The Brewers tallied 11 hits in 18 innings. Braun accounted for six of them, capped by a two-run single with one out in the bottom of the 18th to end the longest game by innings in the 19 years Miller Park has been open for business. The six hits matched a club record.

“There's no way you can say you've seen [a game] like that,” Counsell said. “We had 11 hits, and one guy had six of them, which should say everything about how crazy this game was.”

What does it tell us about 2020?
See entry No. 3. Braun needs his days off to remain productive, which means the Brewers must plan for a timeshare in left field. Trent Grisham gives them a solid option for that role in 2020, which could be a handoff to the post-Braun era (he has a $15 million mutual option for '21, with a $4 million buyout). If the Brewers keep him rested, Braun can still be a serious weapon in a big moment.

5) Woodruff spins a gem
May 26 vs. Phillies

By game score, the finest performance of Brandon Woodruff's breakthrough season was this one -- a 7-1 win over the Phillies, in which he allowed a run on only one hit with 10 strikeouts in eight dominant innings. He even chipped in a pair of run-scoring hits. Woodruff set a career high for strikeouts (including three of Bryce Harper), didn’t issue a walk, and the only hit he yielded was Andrew Knapp’s homer to lead off the sixth that wound up as the Phillies’ only baserunner all day. It was the only thing standing between Woodruff and a chance to become the first Brewers pitcher to throw a no-hitter since Juan Nieves in 1987.

"Thank goodness for Knappy,” Harper said. “A lot of us thought [Woodruff] had stuff to be perfect today."

What does it tell us about 2020?
That Woodruff has a chance to be a top-of-the-rotation starting pitcher, something the Brewers need badly in 2020. Jordan Lyles led the rotation from the start of August 2019, but he’s a free agent. The Chase Anderson trade deleted another 140-150 innings. Gio Gonzalez is gone. The Brewers have a lot of question marks in their rotation, and with needs elsewhere on the diamond, they aren’t going to be able to put all of their available resources into pitching. Surely, Brewers general manager David Stearns will add a number of arms, but he also will be banking on more performances from Woodruff like that afternoon against the Phillies.