Jake Bauers was the hottest hitter in baseball this spring. Can it carry over?
With an OPS close to starting with a 2, Jake Bauers has mashed all spring
Game report Diamondbacks 8, Brewers 7 The spring of Jake Bauers is nearing an end and, boy, is it loud. In the final Friday game that Milwaukee Brewers big-leaguers will suit up for in Cactus League play this year, Bauers crushed baseballs into the thin Arizona air once again. With a walk in the first, 104.
5 mph rocket of a home run to left field off Zac Gallen in the third inning and a 99 mph double in the fifth, Bauers upped his spring OPS to 1. 729, the best mark among all hitters in baseball this spring, to go along with five homers. Perhaps most noteworthy to those with the Brewers who make the decisions: Of Bauers’ 24 batted balls this spring, 15 classify as “hard-hit” – 95 mph or above – and 11 have been triple digits.
“I feel good about it,” Bauers said of his spring. “I think the thing I feel best about is the consistency of it. I’ve been trying to focus on a day to day approach and been successful with that.
Just hoping to carry that mindset into the regular season. ” Add in a 78. 7% contact rate, which would be a career-best for Bauers, and the numbers scream off the page that Bauers is trying to force the Brewers’ hand at finding him regular playing time.