Jonathan Davis Is In The Building | Milwaukee Brewers May Have Found Future Centerfielder

Jonathan Davis Is In The Building | Milwaukee Brewers May Have Found Future Centerfielder

by | Jul 1, 2022 | THE THREE SPOT

It looks like the Milwaukee Brewers may have found their centerfielder for the future.

For those of you who may have not heard of Jonathan Davis, just watch a few highlights on him and you’ll see what he’s all about. Davis certainly put himself on notice across the league after making an impressive play on Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Rays.

During the second inning, Davis chased down a ball hit straight away center off the bat of Randy Arozarena.

What looked to be a sure base hit was quickly taken away by Davis who made a spectacular play leaving his feet and diving for the ball.

 

 

As he was falling to the ground, he collided with the wall, but was able to hold on to the ball in his glove.

Even though it was a great play, Davis appeared to hurt himself and left the game. The Brewers listed him as day-to-day and are hoping it isn’t any too serious.

His teammates were glad to see that he was ok after making the play.

“I was just hoping he wasn’t dead,’’ Brewers starting pitcher Eric Lauer said in an article from MLB.com. “I was amazed that he [initially] stayed in the game. Just seeing the way he went into the wall, it was a scary moment for everybody. When a guy leads with his head into anything, it’s not a good sight to see. Thank God he’s OK.’’

“That was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen on a baseball field, honestly,’’ Tyrone Taylor said. “I told him, ‘Dude, I’ve never seen anybody do something like that before.’ That was crazy. Absolutely no fear.”

 

 

Now Davis is a player you want to have on your team. He is fearless and will go out there and leave his all on the field.

“That’s me, that’s my game,’’ Davis said. “I try to go all out, all the time, as the game dictates. That was a tough ball to see initially because of the roof, but I found it, came down and made the play.’’

“I caught the ball and hit the ground at the same time, which jarred my body. Honestly, most of my attention was the ball. I really wasn’t thinking about the wall, which I probably should’ve been doing. My back hurt pretty bad at first, but as I sat there, I thought, ‘I think I’m good. I can keep playing.’ They wanted to be cautious because it was near my oblique and my ribs. We’ll see how it feels tomorrow.’’

He made his MLB debut in 2018 with the Toronto Blue Jays. After that he had a brief stint with the New York Yankees.

This is his first season with the Brewers and he’s already shown how impactful he can be in a short amount of time.

In his season debut on June 18th, he had a two-hit performance against the Cincinnati Reds. He started the season on a three-game hitting streak and is showing that he can get it done at the plate and in the field.

Hopefully Davis won’t miss too much time, if any, and the Brewers can get him back in the lineup, because he’ll certainly provide a spark in the lineup.

“You Better Call Tyrone” | Tyrone Taylor’s Hitting Licks With The Stick For First Place Milwaukee Brewers

“You Better Call Tyrone” | Tyrone Taylor’s Hitting Licks With The Stick For First Place Milwaukee Brewers

by | May 26, 2022 | THE THREE SPOT

Tyrone Taylor has been balling over his most recent stretch of games and is going to have to continue to be a force after hitting his way into being a mainstay in the Brewers lineup.

 

 

Tuesday night the Brewers outfielder made his biggest statement of the season with a three run game winning homer with the game tied in the sixth .

The pain in Padres pitcher Craig Stammens face reflected everyone else’s at PETCO Park, as Taylor has had that same effect on Nationals fans this past weekend.

Entering Wednesday Taylor has racked up 10 RBI, three home runs, a double and scored four times in his last five games.

Taylor got his opportunity to play every day after Andrew McCutchen went on the Injured List with a case of Covid that had him down for a few weeks.

After McCutchen’s return over the weekend their other outfielder Hunter Renfroe was placed on the Injured List, giving more reason to keep Taylor in the everyday lineup even though manager Craig Counsell is prone to platooning his batters.

World Series Champion Lorenzo Cain wants everyone  to recognize and hop on Taylor’s bandwagon.  

Although the defense is still there Cain has seen a decline at the plate, as has Christian Yelich making Renfroe’s injury that more difficult to deal with.

Taylor is going to have to put up big numbers throughout the rest of the season if the Brewers not only want to win the National League Central, but finally make some noise in the playoffs.

Milwaukee has been one of the best regular season teams in baseball in recent years making the playoffs in each of the last four seasons after missing them six years in a row.

They have always had the pitching with a staff that includes lock down relievers Devin Williams and Josh Hader as well last season’s Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes but the bats have never followed them into the postseason. 

Taylor is one of the few Brewers in the lineup that were homegrown.  

They drafted him in the second round of the 2012 out of Torrance high school in California.

He was ranked by Baseball America as the Brewers second ranked prospect before the 2014 but was not called up to the Major League roster until September of 2019.

He appeared in 22 games during 2020 where he hit two home runs and batted .237. 

Last season was really when his potential finally began coming to light.  He hit .247 with 12 home runs and 43 RBI in just 93 games.

Tyrone Taylor Is Planting His Flag In The Major Leagues

This year he has four home runs and 17 RBI which are both in the top five among all Brewers as well as a .736 OPS and eight runs scored.

Thursday the Brewers go on the road for a four game series against St. Louis Cardinals who are only three games behind them in the standings.