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- Updated: May 3, 2016
MILWAUKEE — So far, so good for the Brewers and left fielder Ryan Braun, who have been feeling their way through a personalized schedule designed to maximize Braun’s production in his first season following back surgery.
Braun took a day off Tuesday, when the Brewers hosted the Angels at Miller Park. It was part maintenance, part reaction to a number of “aches and pains” that manager Craig Counsell declined to enumerate, and all part of a larger effort to maintain the 32-year-old’s hot start. Braun was coming off back-to-back three-hit games, and he ranked among the top 10 National League hitters in batting average (.372), OPS (1.048) and RBIs (21 in 24 games).
“I hope he has back surgery every winter, if this is the result,” Counsell quipped. “He probably doesn’t want that, but certainly his back is not limiting him on the field. That’s really encouraging for us.
“Will we have to monitor the volume of playing time at times? Yeah. That’s the smart thing to do. I think of it like we have to get him rest to get him hot.”
On Monday, Counsell removed Braun as part of a late-inning double switch in an 8-5 win over …
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