Russell Branyan is playing very well for the Milwaukee Brewers
The Brewers should seriously be thinking of just benching Bill Hall and playing Russell Branyan full time. Branyan has played in 31 games for the Brewers this season and he is 25 for 95 (.263 avg, 1.018 OPS) with 18 runs scored, 11 homers and 18 RBIs. With Branyan you have to take the good with the bad however as he has whiffed an alarming 33 times already this season. Branyan has more pure power than almost anyone in the majors and I really think he could lead the majors in homers if some team ever let him play full time. But, he no doubt would also set a major league record in whiffs.