Brewers want Arcia to learn watching Andrus

ARLINGTON — “Comping players is really dangerous,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said right off the top. But here’s one he was willing to discuss anyway: Orlando Arcia and Elvis Andrus.

Not in the way those shortstops play, said Counsell and first-base coach Carlos Subero, a fellow Venezuelan who managed both players in the Minor Leagues. But in the way they think about the game.

“Andrus was 18 when I had him at High-A Bakersfield,” said Subero, who was reminded of the similarities when the Brewers played the Rangers in an Interleague Series that concluded on Wednesday. “We just got him from the Mark Teixeira trade, and from Day No. 1, he played fearless.”

Fearless?

“First day after he gets in, it’s a day game in Visalia,” Subero said. “First runner gets on a walk. Second runner gets on on a walk, so it’s first and second, nobody out. [Andrus] knows nobody on the field. But he comes up to the pitcher, tells him something, and next thing you know, it goes strikeout, ground-ball double play, inning over. He goes into the dugout and he’s …

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