After William Contreras claimed the top spot in our 2026 MVBrewers rankings, we’re back with the No. 2 spot, which goes to second baseman Brice Turang. Turang was just barely edged by Contreras in our voting for the No. 1 spot, and he instead falls to No. 2, where he received 56.8% of the 111 total votes (63 votes), easily beating Jacob Misiorowski (28 votes), Aaron Ashby (nine votes), Jackson Chourio (eight votes), and Jake Bauers (three votes).
Turang, who turns 27 next weekend, continues to get
better every year. In his fourth major league season, he hit .268/.366/.450 with 21 homers, 19 steals, 37 doubles, 100 RBIs, and 102 runs scored across 151 games. He already picked up his second career Gold Glove after totaling 2.9 defensive WAR, second best in the majors behind only Tampa Bay’s Taylor Walls, and he figures to be a leading candidate for a Silver Slugger as well, though those aren’t announced until next week.
Beyond his strong regular season, Turang was also a valuable piece in the playoffs, even if he wasn’t quite as flashy as guys like Contreras. Across 13 games, he turned in a respectable .261/.404/.413 line with a homer, four doubles, four RBIs, nine runs, and a team-high 11 walks.
Turang’s 7.3 bWAR ranked third in the majors, behind only Pete Crow-Armstrong and Cristopher Sánchez, while his 5.9 fWAR put him ninth in the majors.
All of that means he’ll finish in the top three in NL MVP voting, as he was named a finalist last week. While Crow-Armstrong is a certainty to win the award, Turang could very well edge out Shohei Ohtani for second place, but we’ll have to wait until tonight to know for sure.
Looking at Turang’s Baseball Savant page, it’s clear that he’s a young star for Milwaukee. He ranks in the 98th percentile in fielding run value, including the 99th percentile in range with 19 outs above average.
While he hasn’t come close to his 50 steals from two years ago, he’s still an above-average baserunner, and he’s only gotten better at the plate, ranking in the 87th percentile in batting run value. That includes an 80th percentile xwOBA, a 90th percentile launch angle sweet-spot rate, an 80th percentile chase rate, and a 93rd percentile walk rate, all of which are exemplary of the Brewers’ style of baseball.
Turang has come a long way from being one of the worst hitters in the league in his rookie season (he ranked in the bottom 5% in exit velocity, xSLG, wOBA, xwOBA, and hard-hit rate). We’ll see if he can maintain his progression in his age-27 season next year.
We’ll continue these rankings on Monday with our No. 3 player. To weigh in on the voting, visit The Feed (note: the poll will be posted Thursday morning).
- William Contreras (2.9 bWAR, 3.0 fWAR)
- Brice Turang (7.3 bWAR, 5.9 fWAR)
