To say the Brewers offense has defied expectations isn’t quite accurate. For the most part they’ve shattered them so far this season. First baseman Eric Thames enjoyed the mother of all hot streaks and nearly shattered a team record in his first month. Ryan Braun is doing Ryan Braun things. Even the two-headed mediocre catcher monster has been more than competent. Both Jett Bandy and Manny Pina are rocking an OPS over 1.000, and that’s not their combined total.
Third baseman Travis Shaw has also been as advertised and already has four home runs on his stat sheet.