Milwaukee Brewers Hitters Of The Month - July 2025

Honorable Mentions
Caleb Durbin
60 AB, .283/.389/.400, 17 H, 4 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 9 BB, 3 SB
If you haven’t been keeping up recently, Durbin has absolutely turned things around at the plate. After a .561 OPS in May, he posted a .795 OPS in June, a .789 OPS in July, and has stayed hot. He hasn’t gotten any taller, but he has begun pulling the ball in the air, maximizing carry on the ball to compensate for his lack of natural pop. Even with a smaller frame, a perfect barrel from him can still send a pitch 410 feet to center field.

His profile embodies what seems to be the Brewers’ guiding offensive principle this year: put the ball in play and see what happens. With a strikeout rate of just 9.3% (98th percentile), that’s exactly what he’s doing. Furthermore, he has a squared up rate of 32.8% (93rd percentile), meaning that he’s making the most out of his swings despite his slow bat speed.

Statistical Nugget: Durbin has an OPS of .941 in full counts this season.

Isaac Collins
78 AB, .321/.411/.436, 25 H, 3 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 11 BB, 4 SB
Collins has quickly become one of the team’s most valuable position players. Far from a marquee prospect or superstar, he started the season coming off the bench but has made himself into an integral starter, getting the lion’s share of playing time in left field while Christian Yelich has been spending more time as a designated hitter. In his first full season, he has managed to post a 127 OPS+, which leads all qualified hitters.

There are a lot of parallels between Collins and Durbin. Like Durbin, he struggled at the start of the year, posting a .545 OPS in May before turning it on. He also shares the same power weaknesses and has instead made his money by pulling the ball in the air at an elite rate, but that’s where the similarities end. 

Collins isn’t quite as good at making contact but maintains a tight strike zone with a chase rate of 19.4% (94th percentile) and has a great walk rate of 12.9% (90th percentile). He has much better bat speed but has struggled to square up the ball as frequently as Durbin, meaning there could still be some juice left to access in that swing of his.

Statistical Nugget: This season, Collins has an OPS of .798 after falling behind 0-1 and a .904 OPS after reaching 1-1.

Andrew Vaughn
52 AB, .365/.426/.731, 19 H, 4 2B, 5 HR, 21 RBI, 7 BB, 0 SB
At the risk of jinxing what has been a magical run for Milwaukee’s interim first baseman, Vaughn has been one of the best hitters in baseball since donning a Brewers uniform. Prior to joining the team, he had a 47 OPS+ with the White Sox over 193 plate appearances. As a Brewer, he has a 211 OPS+ over 81 plate appearances. The way that he has been playing, he’s the power bat Milwaukee has been missing for quite some time.

His unexpected success has been a major part of the team’s recent stretch of dominance but one must wonder whether a player with a career OPS+ of 100 over more than 2,500 plate appearances is truly capable of sustaining this offensive outburst. If not, then the team will at least have to hold until Rhys Hoskins returns from the injured list at some point next month. If he truly has turned over a new leaf, then the questions surrounding the health and abilities of Hoskins will become moot as Vaughn will likely continue to hold down the starting spot.

Statistical Nugget: This season, Vaughn has a .998 OPS with runners in scoring position.

Hitter of the Month – Jackson Chourio
90 AB, .367/.408/.600, 33 H, 7 2B, 4 HR, 17 RBI, 6 BB, 3 SB
It’s a pity that Chourio hit the injured list with a hamstring strain just as he was reaching the peak of his powers. After a lukewarm start to the year, his 1.008 OPS in July was enough to lift his season OPS+ to 119, the same mark as his rookie year. He’s still a little swing-happy and walks less than 5% of the time but his natural abilities at the plate have kicked in to compensate for his weaknesses, at least for now. 

The bad news is that he’s estimated to miss another 2-4 weeks which may halt any momentum he had going into August. This has given Blake Perkins and the newly acquired Brandon Lockridge a chance to stretch their legs and they’ve been playing decently, especially the former. However, only time will tell how much the Brewers will miss the presence of Chourio over the next month.

Statistical Nugget: This season, Chourio has a Weighted On Base Average (wOBA) of .286 against fastballs but a wOBA of .568 against offspeed pitches.