At the annual Brewers’ On Deck event, Ryan Braun announced that he had hired a hitting coach to help him overcome the bad luck he hit into during the 2018 season. When we look at the former MVP’s 2018 slash line (.254/.313/.469), he looks like a decent major leaguer, but not the impactful hitter that we’re accustomed to.
On the other hand, our long time “face of the franchise” demonstrated elite level exit velocity, hard contact percentage, expected slugging percentage, and expected batting average. Very few hit the ball harder than Braun (average exit velocity - 91.