Some Brice Turang love

[CheezWizHed]

Simply put Brice did not have a good start to his rookie year.  His glove was always excellent, but the bat as a black hole.  But I happened to peek at his stats last night and was surprised to see how how has done in this second half of the year.  Yes, this is a small sample, but good to see him getting on a hot streak:

Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
1st Half	68	52	219	203	18	42	7	3	3	18	9	4	16	52	.207	.265	.315	.580	64	4	0	0	0	1	2	.264	81	60
2nd Half	23	21	77	64	10	18	1	0	3	9	5	0	12	13	.281	.390	.438	.827	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.306	158	125

With the month of August being extremely hot: 450/542/750/1292 in 24 PAs.

It is unlikely that he will ever be a "stick-first" player, but there is a lot of value in anything north of 90 OPS+ with his defensive profile. 

He might not be far from being our starting SS either.  I love Adames, but he has been the same black hole at the plate that Turang was earlier in the season and is about to become expensive. 

He 

[shanedog19]

2 hours ago, CheezWizHed said:

Simply put Brice did not have a good start to his rookie year.  His glove was always excellent, but the bat as a black hole.  But I happened to peek at his stats last night and was surprised to see how how has done in this second half of the year.  Yes, this is a small sample, but good to see him getting on a hot streak:

Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
1st Half	68	52	219	203	18	42	7	3	3	18	9	4	16	52	.207	.265	.315	.580	64	4	0	0	0	1	2	.264	81	60
2nd Half	23	21	77	64	10	18	1	0	3	9	5	0	12	13	.281	.390	.438	.827	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.306	158	125

With the month of August being extremely hot: 450/542/750/1292 in 24 PAs.

It is unlikely that he will ever be a "stick-first" player, but there is a lot of value in anything north of 90 OPS+ with his defensive profile. 

He might not be far from being our starting SS either.  I love Adames, but he has been the same black hole at the plate that Turang was earlier in the season and is about to become expensive. 

He 

It is hard to be a "stick first" player when you are literally one of the best defensive infielders in all of baseball. Having said that, I think he has a good chance to be a cornerstone of the franchise at the SS position for many years to come.

[CheezWizHed]

3 minutes ago, shanedog19 said:

It is hard to be a "stick first" player when you are literally one of the best defensive infielders in all of baseball. Having said that, I think he has a good chance to be a cornerstone of the franchise at the SS position for many years to come.

Oh, he could be... but of course, those people tend to be in the HOF too. 😉

I do wonder what might happen this offseason with Adames given his poor offensive year... 

[Baldkin]

Gimme a Rang!

Gimme another Rang!

What's that make? Turang!

[Samurai Bucky]

Square up the ball and good things will happen.

What a crazy lineup it will be with Turang, Frelick, and Mitchell.  Three exciting rookies that aren't from the traditional Brewers masher mold.

Hopefully Mitchell will be able to heal completely from his injury.

[CheezWizHed]

14 hours ago, Samurai Bucky said:

Square up the ball and good things will happen.

What a crazy lineup it will be with Turang, Frelick, and Mitchell.  Three exciting rookies that aren't from the traditional Brewers masher mold.

Hopefully Mitchell will be able to heal completely from his injury.

Mitchell worries me because his whole career has been injury prone. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Some really nice Turang (and Frelick) tidbits in the new episode of 'The Freshmen'. Enjoy!

PS: Felick is legit hilarious. I love his humor.

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