Brice

Turang

Turang put the Brewers on the board early, taking Zach Agnos deep for a solo homer in the first inning. He later went yard again, extended the lead with his second solo blast in the eighth off TJ Shook. The two home runs give Turang nine on the season while slashing .282/.405/.486 with 50 runs scored, 37 RBI, and 11 steals across 266 plate appearances.

After a stellar April, Turang came in at .231/.355/.363 with three homers and two steals last month. Tonight might be an indication that his June will be better. His triple was hit 396 feet to center and took a long carom off the wall. He had busted it out of the box, there’s a chance he could have had an inside-the-parker.

Turang’s big blast was a Wrigley Field-only homer into the basket in left-center. That’s where he’s been hitting them, though; none of Turang’s seven homers this year have gone down either line. This was the second to left-center, with the other five all going to center. The 26-year-old has been one of the NL’s best players while hitting .292/.413/.497. He’s tied for third in the majors with 39 runs scored and tied for 30th with 29 RBI.

Turang’s first career walkoff homer came off David Bednar with the game one out away from going to extras. He has six homers this year, so he’s on pace to top last year’s total of 18. After improving his slugging percentage from .300 as a rookie to .349 as a sophomore to .435 last year, he’s all of the way up to .511 right now.

Turang is back at second base and hitting third following a one-game absence over the weekend due to illness. The 26-year-old has been outstanding this season, slashing .291/.428/.491 with 27 runs scored, four homers, 20 RBI and seven steals across 30 games. He’s walked 27 times and his .428 on-base percentage is tops in the entire National League. He should see a boost in the counting stats departments with superstar Jackson Chourio finally back after missing nearly six weeks with a hand injury to open the season.

He said it’s a “wait and see.” The Brewers had David Hamilton at second and Joey Ortiz at short today with Turang out.

There has been a bug going around the Brewers’ clubhouse and Turang is the latest to fall victim to it. He should be considered day-to-day. David Hamilton will slide over and cover second base while Luis Rengifo will enter the lineup at the hot corner and will bat leadoff against PJ Poulin and the Nationals.

Turang just keeps on chugging along. Two more doubles here gives him 13 extra-base hits on the season and somehow looks like a certified power hitter at this point. He’s further improved on his much improved batted ball metrics from last year and has the profile of someone that could wind up as the number one second baseman by season’s end.

Mitchell gets an opportunity atop Milwaukee’s lineup to face Arizona veteran starter Merrill Kelly, who has been hit hard in a couple outings this season. Brice Turang is back in the third spot after leading off five of the last six contests. The 27-year-old speedster has been scuffling at the dish recently, but this feels like a nice spot for him to turn things around. He’s always going to strike out a bit more than fantasy managers want to see, but Mitchell is an exciting power/speed combo talent.

Turang finds himself atop Milwaukee’s lineup once again after going 2-for-5 with four RBI during Tuesday’s blowout victory. The 26-year-old speedster has been one of the most impactful fantasy second baseman this season, hitting .307/.430/.560 with four homers and 18 RBI across 20 games. Sal Frelick, who led off for the first month of the year, has been dropped to seventh on the lineup card.