MILWAUKEE -- Brewers manager Craig Counsell drew some laughs a couple of weeks ago when he said Lorenzo Cain "has a little bit of Willie McGee in him." Counsell is old enough to remember watching McGee amble out to center field or take a lead off first base for the Cardinals like he could barely stand, then transform into an electric athlete when the bat met the baseball.
Cain plays with a similar style, as the Brewers learned after bringing him back to Milwaukee as a free agent last offseason.
"He's one of the rare, true five-tool players in baseball right now," Brewers general manager David Stearns said.