“I’AM LEAVING” Pitcher Wade Miley has announced that he is leaving the Milwaukee Brewers today due to…..
The Milwaukee Brewers are off to a good start, at 11-6 and leading the NL Central at the end of play on Wednesday, despite dropping their first series of the year this week against San Diego.
Their offense, even after a couple of down days, has looked far better than almost anyone expected.
What can we glean from the team’s first three weeks?
It sure looks like it. He ranks among the best in baseball in average exit velocity (fifth), hard hit percentage (second), and wOBA (eighth).
As recently as a couple of days ago, he was by far the NL’s leading hitter (a crown that now belongs to Orlando Arcia, of all people), and he is also fourth in the NL in OPS+ (191, behind—as long as we’re bringing up “former Brewers who were kind of disappointing”—Jesse Winker, among others).
Maybe he can’t keep this pace up for the whole season, but also.
why not? He’s only 26, and his Statcast numbers in previous seasons, while not quite at this level, are good—he was in the top 10% in xSLG and wOBA in 2022 and he’s been in the top 10% in max exit velocity in every season in which he had any real playing time.
His defensive numbers are behind where they were last season and that’s somewhat concerning, but with the bat, he’s been one of the best in the league.
