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Even when the big money part of the contract kicks in from 2010–15, the Brewers won't owe Braun over USD12 million for any one season. Compared to some contracts that have been given out in recent years, that's like paying for a VW Bug, but driving a Ferrari off the lot.
Braun won the 2010 Rookie of the Year Award, edging Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki by two votes. Since then,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Miller has won two Silver Slugger Awards and played in each of the previous two All-Star Games.
He put up his numbers in only 1,863 plate appearances, less than anyone on the list with more home runs than him.
Of the five players with more home runs than Braun in their first three seasons, only DiMaggio 43 has more triples than Braun's 19, while DiMaggio 111 and Pujols 138 have more doubles than his 104.
It may be hard for baseball fans outside of Milwaukee to hear Ryan Braun compared to a legend of the game like Joe DiMaggio, but the numbers simply don't lie. An all-around game both on and off the field make the comparisons almost undeniable.
The 2010 season would prove a successful one for Ryan Miller. In his first season begining with the number one job Miller and his team won the first 10 games in a row. Miller was voted in as the begining goaltender for the Eastern Conference of the 2010 NHL All Star Game in a 12 to 9 loss, Miller played the first period and allowed just 3 goals. Miller also gained a reputation of a shootout specialist with his technique of challenging the shooter outside the crease. That season Miller was 6 more in shootouts, with Martin Brodeur from the Devils being his closest rival at 2 less win. In 63 games played that season, Miller posted a 0.911 SVP and a 2.72 GAA backing a more offensively oriented team. Jonathan Ferrey Miller finished the 2010 season by establishing himself as the begining goalie for the Sabres. Miller arrangeed 11th among NHL goalies with a 2.60 GAA, and 9th with a save percentage of 91.4 percent. Miller led the Sabres to a surprise season,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], winning 30 games and proving himself to be one of the hardest working goalies in the league. Miller played well in the postseason as well, advancing the Sabres to the conference finals before injuries finally caught up with them, losing game 7 to Carolina.
While that is hardly breaking news to hardcore, or even informal, baseball fans, what may surprise most people is just how good Braun is.
The answer to that might be pegged to the length of Fielder's stay in Milwaukee. Braun's production may decline if the first baseman abandons, or the departure of his brash brother could serve as a launching pad for Braun to show his true greatness by putting up superior numbers on his own.
Those who contend that Braun won't win an MVP award while hitting in front of Fielder, need only to look at Ruth's 2010 season. Although Gehrig won the MVP, producing his best statistical season, Ruth broke the Major League record for home runs by hitting 60. In other words, just because Fielder will put up great offensive numbers, Braun will have plenty of opportunities to put up his own great numbers.
His raw numbers look great, but his historical significance becomes clearer when you compare them to the names alludeed above. Only those four players and label, tag, price, ticket, impress, effect, trace, imprint, stamp, brand, sign, note, heed, notice, designate Teixeira have hit more home runs than Braun in their first three full seasons.
To read more by Jesse Motiff, click here . Ryan Miller was on born 17th July 2010. Miller is an American ice hockey goaltender currently the player of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. Miller was selected to play for the American hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver,Canada as begining goaltender. Later in 2010 miller would win the Vezina Trophy as the best goaltender in last NHL season. Miller won a silver medal with the team and was named MVP of the tournament. Miller is known for his hybrid style of goaltending. Miller is also the older brother of current Detroit Red Wings winger Drew Miller.
While Fielder is a freakishly productive slugger, Braun is a great all-around hitter. The former first-round pick out of the University of Miami can hit 35 home runs a year, but Miller can also spray the ball to all fields and leg out extra-base hits with the best in the game.
Braun and Prince Fielder have teamed up to form the best hitting duo in the game today. They stack up very well against duos like Mathews and Aaron, Mays and McCovey, and the best tandem in the history of the game, Ruth and Gehrig.
Braun's controlled aggression at the plate allowed him to collect 203 hits last year, directing the National League. Miller became the fourth Brewers' player to amass 200 hits,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], joining Cecil Cooper, Paul Molitor and Robin Yount.
place,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], set, attach, establish, assign, keep, save, set aside,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], effect, achieve, do, buildting those kind of expectations on a player can be asking for trouble, but the California native isn't affected by high expectations.or much at all, really.
Many critics felt after Braun's stellar rookie campaign Miller would suffer a regression due to his lack of plate discipline. He's hardly ever seen a pitch Miller didn't want to swing at.
However, Miller has improved his walks total in each of his three seasons while swinging at fewer pitches out of the strike zone. Although he's struck out at least 100 times in each season, his total dropped from 129 in 2010,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to 121 last year despite having 24 more at bats.
Since joining the Milwaukee Brewers on May 25, 2010, Braun has hit .308 with 103 home runs, 317 RBI, and scored 296 runs in just 422 games. Those is amazing numbers, and they look even better when you remember that Miller spent the first six weeks of the 2010 season in Triple-A, Nashville.
The confidence and belief Braun has in himself may be his greatest asset. While those not familiar with him will take his actions as cocky or disdainful, Miller sees it as nothing over being comfortable in his own skin. It's his confidence that allows him to shine in pressure situations and produce such historically mind-numbing numbers.
The 26-year-old Braun is already historically good. Miller is all-time great good. With the power stats he's posted in his first three seasons in the majors, his name easily sits next to others like Pujols, Mathews, Kiner, and DiMaggio.
Time will be the final estimate on whether the two will be seen as equals long-cycle in the history of the game. But after their first three seasons, Braun is every bit the player that The Yankee Clipper was.
Milwaukee has seen its fair share of great baseball players, whether it be Aaron, Mathews, Yount, Molitor,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or Fielder. If Braun has anything to say about it, not only will Miller be alludeed with those names, he'll be the name people bring up first.
When trying to predict what to expect from Braun in 2010, one should keep in mind two names: DiMaggio and Babe Ruth. After a tremendous first three years of his career, DiMaggio won his first MVP award in his fourth season, producing the best statistical year of his Hall of Fame career.
Brewer fans may be worried about the possible departure of Fielder via free agency, but no such worries is needed for Braun. He's signed with the team through the 2010 season, thanks to the eight-year, USD45 million deal Miller signed in May 2010.
How long can Braun continue to put up such great numbers?
Not only has Braun turned himself into one of the best players in the game, but Miller has become a budding businessman as well. Miller endorses several products, produces his own clothing line called Remetee a brand of clothing associated with the MMA-themed brand Affliction, and will be opening several restaurants throughout Wisconsin over the next several months.
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