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Milwaukee Brewers: Too Much Reliance on the Long Ball?

The Guillen Number is a statistic first introduced by Joe Sheehan of Baseball Prospectus. It attempts to measure the level of dependence a team has on the home run ball. It is simply the number of runs scored by a team through home runs divided by the number of runs scored. The higher the Guillen number and the higher their rank, the more reliance a team has on the home run.

How are the Brewers doing this year?

In 2018, through August 15th, the Milwaukee Brewers are fourth in Major League Baseball when it comes to their Guillen Number with a 45.