Jerry Lillie entered the season as one of the prognosticators favorites to contend for the MGL Rookie of the Year award, and although he showed some early signs of promise his first few months of the season weren't particularly impressive.
Well, he's definitely starting to impress in the month of June, bringing his batting average up from .253 at the end of May to .301 today, while posting an OBP of .415 and leading the Brewers now in home runs with 16. This after hitting 3 bombs in yesterday's trouncing of Baltimore on the road, including a Grand Slam, while going 4 for 5, scoring 4 runs, driving in 6, and throwing out a runner at home plate from right field.
Another Brewer rookie who has been playing well is infielder
Brandon Singer, who was the Brewers 5th round pick in 1981 and was called up to the big league club for the first time in mid-May, when the Brewers demoted reliever
B.J. Adams to give him some more minor league seasoning.
Singer is mostly known for his glove and for his speed and excellent base running abilities, but thus far he has hit .298/.404/.553 in 58 plate appearances and yesterday hit his 3rd big league home run. Granted, the left-handed hitter has only had 3 plate appearances against left-handed pitching thus far (and has made 3 outs) but he is at least making a strong case for a platoon or utility infielder role with the Brewers.