Where the Milwaukee Brewers can upgrade offensively this year at the trade deadline has been a debatable discussion. Between adding a new third baseman, shortstop, or even designated hitter (pushing Christian Yelich back into the field), everyone has different thoughts on what the team’s approach should be.
Regardless of the rumors, current Brewers third baseman Caleb Durbin has been doing all he can to silence trade talks. He recently accounted for all of Milwaukee’s runs during a 2-0 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers and overall quietly put together solid season numbers.
Caleb Durbin was responsible for all of the Milwaukee Brewers runs in a recent 2-0 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers
To open up post All-Star break play, the Brewers drew a match up against the Dodgers. They swept the struggling Los Angeles team a few weeks beforehand, but with some time off both teams came back focused and ready to compete.
The first game back ended up being a good one, as Milwaukee won by a score of 2-0. Quinn Priester struck out an impressive 10 Dodgers, including Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman in order to begin the game, but it was Durbin who provided the only offense in the contest.
Durbin’s first RBI game in the fifth inning, when he doubled down the left field line. In the seventh inning, he then took Kirby Yates deep to center field to make the game 2-0.
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— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) July 19, 2025
Caleb Durbin has quietly had an impressive season, which may affect the Brewers trade deadline plans
Overall this season, Durbin has a .265 batting average and .732 OPS. He has hit five home runs, driven in 34, stolen eight bases, and has three walk-off hits. Furthermore, his defensive metrics favor him being above average at the position as Baseball Savant has him at one out above average.
Durbin has particularly been very good throughout both the months of June and July. Since June 14, he has increased his batting average by 52 points. In July alone, he is slashing .367/.500/.533, which equates to a 1.033 OPS.
The sample size behind Durbin’s success this year is more than enough to call his good play a fluke, so it will be interesting to see if that changes the Brewers thinking at the trade deadline, in which third base had been a position rumored to be in need of an upgrade.
