Milwaukee Brewers Hitter of the Month — April 2026

Honorable Mentions
Gary Sánchez
69 PA, .200/.362/.436, 11 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 13 BB
It’s too soon to call it a comeback, but his second stint with Milwaukee is certainly trending that way. Sánchez spent much of his first season with the Brewers as a designated hitter, with lukewarm results, and he was limited to just 101 plate appearances with the Orioles last year due to a right knee sprain. This season, he looks much better at the plate and has posted a 150 OPS+ thus far.

Despite a low batting average, his absurd 19.0% walk rate and .542 slugging percentage helped keep his overall production afloat. Unfortunately, his numbers are as impressive as they are unsustainable. Sánchez does have good plate discipline, boasting a career walk rate of 9.6%, but he’s no Juan Soto. He has a better chance of holding onto his power, although some regression in his slugging percentage should also be expected. Indeed, he hit all five of his homers before the midpoint of April.

Statistical Nugget: This season, Sánchez has a slugging percentage of .950 against four-seam fastballs.

Garrett Mitchell
85 PA, .250/.400/.397, 17 H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 17 RBI, 16 BB, 3 SB
This is the most we’ve seen of Garrett Mitchell in a while, and the results have been solid so far. He’s still one of the most athletic players in the sport, demonstrating exceptional bat speed and sprint speed, and his quality of contact has been above average. His on-base percentage has been helped immensely by his 18.1% walk rate, but there are two glaring weaknesses preventing us from seeing him at his best.

He’s a peculiar case of having a chase rate (19.3%) in the 95th percentile and a whiff rate (41.8%) in the 1st percentile. His zone contact rate of 65.0% is abysmal and is likely a major contributor to his other weakness, which is his squared-up rate. It’s a bat-tracking metric that measures how often a hitter is getting the most out of his swing, and Mitchell’s 13.9% squared-up rate is also in the 1st percentile. Getting the bat to the ball is much easier said than done in the majors, and even with these issues, his OPS+ of 112 isn’t too shabby for a center fielder.

Statistical Nugget: This season, Mitchell has a .642 OPS at home and a .883 OPS away.

William Contreras
101 PA, .304/.366/.424, 28 H, 5 2B, 2 HR, 15 RBI, 9 BB
It’s great to see the Brewers backstop posting Silver Slugger numbers once again. Cutting down on the whiffs and strikeouts this season has been a boon to his production at the plate, and his power has remained largely unfazed. He still has a bit of a launch-angle problem, but on the bright side, he’s pulling the ball in the air at a rate of 20.6%, almost twice his career average of 11.3%.

The one potential concern is his average exit velocity, which has taken a slight dip from years past, both in terms of average and max. However, his squared up rate of 30% indicates that he’s getting what he can out of his swing often enough, suggesting a larger sample size will allow the data to return to his career norms sooner rather than later. 

Statistical Nugget: This season, Contreras has an OPS of 1.017 with runners in scoring position.

Hitter of the Month – Brice Turang
106 PA, .265/.410/.482, 22 H, 4 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 17 RBI, 21 BB, 5 SB
Turang hit his stride early this year and hasn’t slowed down since. In fact, he has arguably been hot since the WBC, wherein he posted a .937 OPS, the third-best mark in a lineup that had the best hitters the United States could offer. After finishing last year with a 120 OPS+, it seems clear that the days of below-average hitting production are now behind him.

He has always had elite contact skills, but a dramatic increase in power is what’s driving this offensive surge. Aside from his barrel rate, his quality of contact numbers are all in the top quartile, and his hard-hit rate is at 51.9% for the season. In 2024, he had a hard-hit rate of just 29.7%.

Interestingly, his bat speed is still on the lower en, despite increasing by 4 mph over the past two years. He also pulls the ball in the air at a measly 7.4% clip, less than half of the MLB average. This hasn’t held him back much, since many of his extra-base hits are to the opposite side of the field, but it raises the question of whether there’s even more juice left in Turang’s swing to unlock.

Statistical Nugget: This season, Turang has seen 78 sinkers and has a whiff rate of 0.0% against the pitch.