The love affair for Christian Yelich has begun. It’s something we’re going to talk about on the Daily Tap here in a second, but seriously, heart in eyes emoji for that guy. Yelich is the goddamn man. Like it took him less than series for me to fall in love with him. The man crush is real. Yelly finished with five hits Saturday to lead Milwaukee past San Diego, 7-3. Brewers get their first road sweep of the Padres since 2002, and it’s their first 3-0 start to a season since 2006. This is going to be fun, folks.

2-3-4 knocking at your door and stealing your Easter goodies
With Ryan Braun resting on Saturday, we saw a new order with Yelich-Lorenzo Cain-Travis Shaw hitting 2-3-4 in the lineup with Eric Thames leading off. They were absolutely fantastic. As mentioned, Yelich had five hits. Cain went 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Shaw was the slacker of the group with only two hits but he drove in three runs. In total, this group accounted for 10 hits last night. They’re something else. Maybe I’m remembering this wrong, but this team did not have a solid secondary lineup like this one at all. This group is completely stacked.

Told Mitch about the Suter-Hader combination
I saw this coming from a mile away. Now, Milwaukee used Josh Hader a little earlier, but I feel that was in large part to the middle of the order coming up in the sixth inning with only a one run lead at the time. Hader struck out the fucking side with almost ease if you take away the one mistake pitch he made to Hunter Renfroe. Do you know how hard it is for a hitter to adjust from Brent Suter soft-tossing 87 to Hader throwing complete gas? What an awesome juxtaposition the Brewers have with their pitchers.

Not ready to panic on Johnny Villar
There are going to be people who are ready to bitch about Jonathan Villar’s start. I’m not one of them. Baseball is a long season. While every game is important, it takes some time for some players to get rolling. Villar hitting .182 is the least of my worries at this point. He’ll figure it out, and if he’s scuffling in late April then let’s have a discussion about his role on the team.

Next up
Opening Day for Miller Park on Monday as the Brewers begin a series with the St. Louis Cardinals. Cards play this afternoon against New York, and they’re hoping for the first win of the season. Zach Davies will make his debut on Monday going up against Miles Mikolas who could be the Thames of pitching. He comes from Japan where he was stellar last season. Chase Anderson and Jhoulys Chacin will be the other two pitchers going for Milwaukee. Big 10-game NL Central stretch early on here for the Crew.

Charlie.