2024 MVBrewers #1: William Contreras

Harrison Freuck is the managing editor of Brew Crew Ball, where he's covered the Brewers since 2022. He was previously the sports editor and editor in chief of The Badger Herald, where he covered Wisconsin Badgers athletics.

We’re concluding our rankings of the Brewers’ 10 most valuable players in 2024 with catcher William Contreras. Contreras finished the season with 4.9 bWAR and 5.4 fWAR, both good for best on the team.

The selection of Contreras as the team MVP shouldn’t come as a surprise, as Contreras led the team in not only WAR, but also hits (167), runs (99), doubles (37), batting average (.315), on-base percentage (.365), and slugging (.466) among qualified hitters.

All of that led to…