At Brewers On Deck, the Milwaukee Brewers’ winter fan fest, Braun talked about changing his swing to fit a more analytics-oriented approach. It’s not a secret that the outfielder hasn’t been his old self of late. Injuries, along with general decline at the age of 35, have affected Braun’s numbers the last two years.
His power and steals output aren’t near his past numbers. But, his weighted runs created plus (wRC+) has him as an above average hitter (105 in 2017, 110 in 2018). And yet, that still translates to similar output as Derek Dietrich and Teoscar Hernandez, not the greatest of company at the position.