Brice Turang keeps stacking up the kind of season that usually forces a player into the spotlight. On Wednesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies, he launched his 20th home run of the year, and with 19 stolen bases already on the board, he’s now one swipe away from the first 20-20 season of his career. Per Stathead, that would also tie him for the fifth-youngest player ever to reach that mark while playing more than half of his games at second base.
His power surge is the biggest surprise in the package, because the speed was never in doubt. Turang finished his minor league career with exactly 100 steals in 434 games, but he hit only 26 homers in that stretch, which made this kind of pop look far off. Instead, he’s turned himself into a legitimate threat on both fronts.
And it’s not just the bat. Turang’s glove has been every bit as loud. His 22 Defensive Runs Saved lead all qualified MLB second basemen and rank second among all players in baseball, trailing only Red Sox right fielder Wilyer Abreu, another former Gold Glover.
That’s the part that makes Turang so easy to overlook and so hard to explain. He’s doing all of this for the Brewers, a team that is no stranger to attention. Milwaukee picked up its franchise-best 99th win on Wednesday, and over the years the club has had plenty of stars - Ryan Braun, Christian Yelich, Josh Hader, Corbin Burnes, William Contreras and others - draw the national spotlight.
Turang has earned some notice from people who know the game best. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writer Curt Hogg reported earlier this year in an X post that Aaron Judge, Turang’s WBC Team USA teammate, had plenty of praise for him.
Still, his name doesn’t always come up when people rattle off the game’s biggest stars. That could change quickly if he keeps producing at this level.
A strong postseason run would only help, but even if the broader audience takes a while to catch on, Turang has already done the hard part. He’s become the superstar nobody seems to be talking about.
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