So serious question - do the Brewers shoot for the #2 seed?
#1 seed hosts the winner of the wild card round right? So more than likely the wild card will be 2 teams from NL West. If say, the Giants are the #1 seed they would host the winner of the Dodgers/Padres while the Brewers would host the NL East winner.
A path to the WS through only 1 of the NL West teams would be easier than 2 of them.
I normally am all about just win the games and let the standings fall where they may, but hosting the Mets would be better than hosting the winner of Dodgers/Padres.