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With about 3 weeks left in the season, there is still plenty of time for things to fall apart, so the Brewers leadership is publicly signalling that it is far too early to express any confidence about a return trip to the WPK World Series. But the reality is that with the continued strong play by the Brewers and the weeks long struggles by Phoenix, there is very little chance of the Brewers not representing the MGL once again in the post-season.
The Brewers now have an 8 game lead on Phoenix and the only other MGL team not mathematically eliminated from contention is the Los Angeles Spinners, who are 11 games behind Denver.
This week's MGL Player of the Week, Jamison Bash, is a big part of the Denver success.
Recently, Tanner Yurek, who got off to such a poor start this season, has also been providing big contributions. Yurek (.247/.339/.430) has hit 7 of his 14 homers since August 1st. Yurek's resurgence sets up some interesting decisions for team leadership given how fine a season young Danny Roman has had. Roman (.277/.373/.406) has hit much better than expected in his rookie season while providing considerably better defense at second than Yurek. Roman does not hit for power the way Yurek does though, and Yurek has the advantage of being a fan favorite. They are both excellent base-runners but Roman has far more natural speed.
This doesn't even factor in that some of our best prospects in the minors are natural second-baseman. Not the least of whom is Jonathan Koch, who is playing well at AAA Chester and very nearly big league ready.
It's a nice problem to have, but eventually something will have to give.
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