William Contreras continues to prove he's one of the best people in all of MLB

Earlier this week, in regard to the Contreras brothers, the dominating discourse was about Willson, who now plays first base for the Boston Red Sox, and his reaction to getting hit by a Brandon Woodruff fastball. Willson and the Milwaukee Brewers have a long history dating back to his time with the Chicago Cubs, which was succeeded by a stint with another NL Central club -- the St. Louis Cardinals.

Throughout the last decade, the Brewers have endured plenty a spat with Willson, who, to be fair, has been plunked by Milwaukee pitchers 24 times during that span. The latest installment in this ongoing beef between Willson and the Brewers resulted in the Red Sox slugger sliding into second base with his spikes up and, during his postgame interview, threatening to "take someone out" if he gets hit by the Brewers again.

Willson's heated reactions are nothing new for Brewers fans -- they've witnessed them for years -- but for the last four seasons, they've been accompanied by another response from the Milwaukee faithful: how can Willson Contreras be so different from his brother William? While Willson frequently makes headlines with his often embarrassing antics, William, the Brewers' All-Star catcher, seemingly couldn't be more different.

William is consistently proving that he's not only much different from his brother, but he's truly one of the best people in all of baseball. The thoughtfulness that he so often displays was apparent once again last night following a tough string of ABS challenges for home plate umpire Mark Wegner. Check out this video caught by the great Dominic Cotroneo of both 620 WTMJ and now Brewers.TV (if you're not following @Dom_Cotroneo on X, you are missing out on some of the best Brewers content on the internet).

William Contreras shows kindness towards home plate umpire after back-to-back overturned ABS challenges

The ABS challenge system has now been in place during regular season games for about two weeks, but players, umpires, and fans are still getting used to the fact that for the first time in the history of Major League Baseball, a ball or strike call can be overturned. The challenge system has already resulted in one game being ended by an overturned call and a strikeout being taken back multiple times in one at-bat.

When an umpire misses a call, it's generally no big deal, but when they miss multiple in one at-bat or two in a row, it can appear as if the catcher is trying to upstage the home plate ump. This, of course, is generally not the case, but in front of a crowd of 40,000 people, it's certainly not easy to miss a string of ball or strike calls.

The Brewers faced an important at-bat in the sixth inning of last night's loss to the Washington Nationals. With a one-run lead, one out, and the bases juiced, Ángel Zerpa entered the game to face the lefty shortstop CJ Abrams. Zerpa dotted two sinkers on the outside corner of the plate to start the at-bat, and both were initially called balls before Contreras challenged the call, after which they were changed to strikes. Abrams then went on to bounce into an inning-ending double play, which was no doubt impacted by the fact that he was down 0-2 in the count to start the at-bat, rather than being ahead 2-0.

Contreras could have taken a victory lap, basking in the glory of his back-to-back successful challenges, but rather, he showed grace. He chatted with Wegner, gave him a couple of taps on the chest, and made sure the umpire knew he wasn't trying to upstage him, but just that those were two very important calls at a pivotal part of the game.

That type of thoughtfulness is rare in today's game, especially when shown to umpires. But William continues to prove that he's not only an All-Star behind the dish, he's one of the better people in baseball. A quiet leader in the Brewers' clubhouse and one who leads by example on the field, adding Contreras to their organization continues to be one of the best moves Milwaukee's front office has ever made.