Jake. Bauers Appreciation thread

[markedman5]

 

[markedman5]

 

[Turnbows Barber]

Good article in this morning's USA Today about Bauers:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2026/06/21/jakers-bauers-stats-brewers-contract/90633096007/

[Yaz19]

BUMP!  Because Jake is so awesome he deserves to be visible.  I remember all of the angst and been a staunch supporter of Bauers.  He had a game last night and may yet get a call to the All-Star game as a late replacement.  He deserves it.

[SeaBass]

4 hours ago, Yaz19 said:

BUMP!  Because Jake is so awesome he deserves to be visible.  I remember all of the angst and been a staunch supporter of Bauers.  He had a game last night and may yet get a call to the All-Star game as a late replacement.  He deserves it.

Jake is doing a halfway decent Freddie Freeman impression. It's Freeman at age 36 but not bad.

Edit: Ha! All I had to do was scroll up, this must have been where I got the idea to compare him to Freeman in the first place.

[markedman5]

Bump…….🫡

[Outlander]

Deserves another bump after Bauers performance yesterday. Really astonsihing the year he is having. I would have never believed he could hit LHP consistently but his overall slash line is better against LHP than RHP this season. I don't think he takes a short term deal after this type of season but give him the qualifying offer and hope he takes a one year deal.

[Brian]

2026 Performance Breakdown & Advanced Hitting Profile.

Jake Bauers has turned raw underlying metrics into high-end production:

• Bat Speed: 76.7 mph (95th percentile)

• Walk Rate (BB%): 14.4% (95th percentile)

• Hard-Hit %: 52.8% (96th percentile)

• Chase %: 20.3% (96th percentile, showing massive plate discipline gains)

• Barrel %: 14.1% (91st percentile)
• Hard Contact: hard-hit rate over 52% and a career-high 14.1% barrel rate (91st percentile).

• Plate Discipline: He has refined his approach by dropping his chase rate down to the 95th percentile (20.3% out-of-zone swing rate), driving a high walk rate of 14.4%.

• Value & Production: His breakout year features a 143 wRC+, putting him among the most productive unheralded offensive players for a contending Milwaukee Brewers team. 

[formerlybis]

Bauers has been the Brewers' MVP,

You might get an argument about Turang or Miz, but his ability to play corner outfield positions (albeit not at a high level) and thus allow other important bats to be in the lineup pushes him to the top, IMO. Also seems to be a clubhouse guy, too.

Thinking back to all our expectations at the start of the season, that bolded statement would have been both ludicrous and concerning. 

I'd really like him to be part of the team beyond this year - but I understand how this works, too.

[kestrel79]

Agreed he's my MVP too I think. He's the one steady guy who hasn't really slumped yet all season. Just very consistent. And yeah appears to be vocal in team leadership which flies under the radar.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

So what would it take at this point?

as noted above, a one year QO should probably be extended ($25M?), but he probably will get a bigger deal

hard to overstate what he means to this offense right now.  Ryan O’Hearn (from winter 2025-26) was used as a comp earlier in the summer, but this seems to go beyond that.

2027: $15M
2028: $15M
2029: $18M or $6M buyout

too much, too little?

plays as a 2/36 or 3/48