MILWAUKEE — If Christian Yelich has learned one thing in 11 big-league seasons about first-place clubs and trade deadlines, it’s this pearl of baseball truth:
“Whenever you have the opportunity to get in, you should try to capitalize on that and make the most of it,” said the former MVP of the Milwaukee Brewers.
“You just never know how many chances you get to win, to be a postseason team.”
Yelich wasn’t exactly trying to offer advice for the Cincinnati Reds and general manager Nick Krall.
But that was the context. That and the reason Yelich is uniquely qualified to offer that kind of advice – the kind that ought to be played on a motivational-tape loop every time Krall prepares to call the White Sox, the Tigers or anyone else with a starting pitcher they no longer need.