Brice Turang’s weirdest 2025 stat is almost too perfect for the Brewers

Baseball is the only sport where you can stumble into a stat so oddly specific that it feels like a glitch in the matrix… and it still actually matters. Milwaukee Brewers fans know this dance well, because so much of the team's identity is built on weird little edges that add up over a full season.

A FanGraphs statline that’ll make you do a double-take, and ask if you’re hallucinating. Brice Turang’s 2025 line shows 0 percent infield fly ball percentage (IFFB%). Meaning no infield fly balls by that measurement. Turang is sitting there like he’s the first man to ever discover “simply do not hit the worst batted ball in baseball.” 

And before anyone says “okay, cool, who cares?” — infield pop-ups are basically instant outs with zero upside. They’re the baseball equivalent of punting on third-and-short. They don’t move runners, they don’t test a defense, they don’t create any chaos. They’re just… a donation.

Brice Turang didn't hit a single infield pop-out in 2025

For Turang specifically, this is perfectly on brand in the best way. His whole offensive value is built around putting balls in play, using his legs, and turning “meh contact” into “how is Turang standing on second already?”

Pop-ups murder that entire identity. If you’re a speed-and-pressure guy, the last thing you can afford is giving away plate appearances with the most harmless contact possible.

This is where it gets fun: there’s precedent for elite pop-up avoidance. MLB.com once wrote about Joey Votto finally popping out to first base for the first time in his career — and in that story they noted how rarely Votto’s plate appearances ended in pop-ups. They also included a leaderboard where Christian Yelich sat at the very top as one of the active players least likely to end a PA with a pop-up. 

So no, it isn’t some mythical unicorn trait. But it’s definitely an approach “you stick to if you have it” trait.

Turang took a big offensive step forward in 2025, slashing .288/.359/.435 with 18 homers, 81 RBI, and 24 steals, while also leading Milwaukee in WAR by multiple measures. And FanGraphs literally ran a piece titled “Brice Turang’s New Groove” breaking down how real the underlying change was. 

So when you zoom out, having no infield fly balls is more than trivia. It’s a sign that says his new swing decisions weren’t just louder, they were cleaner. Because the first thing that usually shows up when hitters chase more damage is… ugly contact. And Turang skipping that step is honestly kind of hilarious. It feels almost random, but it isn't, and either way it is massively useful.

Milwaukee doesn’t need Turang to keep developing into a 40-homer guy (though that would be nice). They need him to be this 2025 version of himself. And if he wants to keep living in a pop-up-free world? The Brewers will certainly take it.